History ·TV Movie ·Drama · United States of America · 1991 · 3h 6m

Separate But Equal

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Director
George Stevens Jr.
Cast
Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall Burt Lancaster as John W. Davis Richard Kiley as Chief Justice Earl Warren Cleavon Little as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter Gloria Foster as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall John McMartin as Governor James F. Byrnes
Crew
Nicholas D. Knowland — Director of Photography Carl Davis — Original Music Composer George Stevens Jr. — Writer
Tagline

The true story behind the most important legal battle of our time.

Synopsis

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Mood & Themes
civil rightsracial segregationcourtroom
Key Collaborators
George Stevens Jr. Director Nicholas D. Knowland Director of Photography Carl Davis Original Music Composer George Stevens Jr. Writer
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