Cast
Sidney Poitier
Thurgood Marshall
Burt Lancaster
John W. Davis
Richard Kiley
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Cleavon Little
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Gloria Foster
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
John McMartin
Governor James F. Byrnes
Graham Beckel
Josiah C. Tulley
Jeffrey Wright
William Coleman
Lynne Thigpen
Ruth Alice Stovall
Hallie Foote
Julia Davis
Macon McCalman
W.B. Springer
Randle Mell
Charles L. Black Jr.
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Gladys Hampton
Tommy Hollis
Harry Briggs
John Rothman
NAACP Attorney Jack Greenberg
Damien Leake
Dr. Kenneth Clark
Mike Nussbaum
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
William Cain
Federal Judge J. Waties Waring
Michael L. Nesbitt
Man In Audience
Ric Reitz
Mr. Straight
More Like This
Reviews
GenerationofSwine
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. Otherwise there are Civil Rights movies that actually know how to make such a dramatic part of American History actually dramatic on the screen.
You've reached the end.