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Separate But Equal

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Separate But Equal
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3hrs 14min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1991
Director:
George Stevens, Jr.
Distributor:
Republic Pictures
Starring:
Tom Aldredge, Graham Beckel, Cheryl Lynn Bruce  ...more
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 ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
Documenting a landmark Supreme Court decision sounds like risky business for a dramatist, but writer/director George Stevens Jr. does an admirable job with this miniseries about the 1954 school desegregation case that went on to win an Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries. Sidney Poitier dominates the first three quarters of the film in what is an old-fashioned star performance. There are no concessions ... Full Review
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Richard Kiley
Earl Warren
Burt Lancaster
John W. Davis
Sidney Poitier
Thurgood Marshall
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