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Porgy and Bess (2002)

Movie
Porgy and Bess
NR 2 hr 33 minMar 20th, 2002Music
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
StarringMarquita ListerAlvy PowellTimothy Robert Blevins
DirectorTazewell Thompson
WritersDorothy HeywardDuBose Heyward

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:PBS, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Movie Tags:
musicalbased on play or musicaldrug addiction1900sromantic drama20th centurysouth carolinapoverty rowcharleston