Separate But Equal (1991)

Original title

Separate but Equal

Directed by

George Stevens, Jr.

Genre

trial film

Country

United States

Runtime

3h 06m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV miniseries follows Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP as they argue the Brown v. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court. It shows the legal strategies and personal stories behind the fight to end school segregation.

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What happens

Separate but Equal is a 1991 American two-part television miniseries depicting the landmark Supreme Court desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, based on the phrase "Separate but equal". The film stars Sidney Poitier as lead NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall, Richard Kiley as Chief Justice Earl Warren, Burt Lancaster (in his final television role) as lawyer John W. Davis (loser of Briggs v. Elliott and the Democratic candidate in the 1924 US presidential election), Cleavon Little as lawyer and judge Robert L. Carter, and Lynne Thigpen as Ruth Alice Stovall. In 1991, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences rewarded the film with the Outstanding Miniseries award. The film received 8 nominations for Emmy Awards in 1991 and won 2, and received 3 nominations for Golden Globe Awards in 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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