Truth is crucial to the success of “Confirmation,” which stars Kerry Washington as Hill and Wendell Pierce as Thomas. As writer-executive producer Susannah Grant told The Washington Post: “The movie only has credibility if it's not espousing one point In the film, “Clarence Thomas gives a categorical denial, but also says, 'If I said something … Read more
“The People versus O.J. Simpson” might've garnered more mainstream attention, but Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings are an underrated political and cultural event of the '90s. Aside from the obvious stakes (a lifetime Supreme Just days after the conclusion of The People v. O.J. Simpson, another televised throwback to a socially fraught moment … Read more
In the film, “Clarence Thomas gives a categorical denial, but also says, 'If I said something that offended Anita Hill or somebody else, then I'm sorry,' ” Washington says. “That is such a powerful moment, because that is what the whole country was In the film, “Clarence Thomas gives a categorical denial, but also says, … Read more
“The People versus O.J. Simpson” might've garnered more mainstream attention, but Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings are an underrated political and cultural event of the '90s. Aside from the obvious stakes (a lifetime Supreme But Thomas's road to the Supreme Court would become much more dramatic after the public learned about a woman … Read more
Just days after the conclusion of The People v. O.J. Simpson, another televised throwback to a socially fraught moment in American legal history is headed our way. This time, the special is HBO's Confirmation, the story about Anita Hill's congressional This Saturday, HBO enters the fray with the feature film “Confirmation,” about the Anita Hill … Read more
In the film, “Clarence Thomas gives a categorical denial, but also says, 'If I said something that offended Anita Hill or somebody else, then I'm sorry,' ” Washington says. “That is such a powerful moment, because that is what the whole country was “I had the opportunity to meet Anita Hill very early on, and … Read more
In the days before Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1991, he was known chiefly as a black conservative who didn't support affirmative action. That his actual legal and judicial record otherwise yielded slim pickings was also known In October 1991, NPR's Nina Totenberg broke the story of Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment … Read more