Separate But Equal Poster

Separate But Equal (1991)

04/07/1991 History, TV Movie, Drama 3h 6m
65%
User
Score
7.5/10
83%

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

Overview

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

George Stevens Jr.

Director

Top Billed Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Thurgood Marshall

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

John W. Davis

Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

Chief Justice Earl Warren

Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster

Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

John McMartin

John McMartin

Governor James F. Byrnes

Mark Hammer

Mark Hammer

Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed

Graham Beckel

Graham Beckel

Josiah C. Tulley

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

William Coleman

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 14, 2023

It is educational...and as someone that works in history, I can see a teacher wanting to be lazy and using "Separate But Equal" as an excuse for it...

...but I doubt I'd ever do it. I'd want my students to form an interest in movies based on historical events.

I don't know what Poitier was thinking. Watching the mini-series anyone that read the script should have instantly gotten that "made for TV crap" vibe off it.

I gave it 5 stars. I mean, I can sit down and watch and enjoy it...but I can also read and enjoy Herzen's autobiography. I am a freak of nature that can enjoy some horribly dull things.

It's not only impossible to shake that made-for-TV vibe...but on top of it, it feels like you're watching a Lifetime Original Movie.

If you can deal with that, it's worth a watch....

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