Separate But Equal (1991)
3.8 of 5 from 45 ratings
3h 10min
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- Synopsis:
Based on the ground-breaking Brown vs. the Board of Education case, the made-for-television Separate But Equal follows a young Thurgood Marshall (Sidney Poitier) as a lawyer who argues the racially-charged lawsuit before the Supreme Court. When the black students of Clarendon County, South Carolina are denied their request for a single schoolbus, a bitter and courages battle for justice and equality begins. The NAACP lawyer's desparate fight for the civil rights that didn't come with the outlaw of slavery nearly a century ago becomes an all-encompassing struggle both in his personal life as well as the courtroom. Marshall's opponent is John W. Davis (Burt Lancaster) and the two argue passionately and eloquently... - Actors:
- Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley, Cleavon Little, Gloria Foster, John McMartin, Graham Beckel, Ed Hall, Lynne Thigpen, Macon McCalman, Randle Mell, Henderson Forsythe, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tommy Hollis, John Rothman, Damien Leake, Albert Hall, Mike Nussbaum, Hallie Foote, William Cain
- Directors:
- George Stevens Jr
- Producers:
- George Stevens Jr., Stan Margulies
- Writers:
- George Stevens Jr
- Genres:
- Drama
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