Movie Cosmos - Separate But Equal

Description:

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

Top Cast >

Sidney Poitier

As Thurgood Marshall

Burt Lancaster

As John W. Davis

Richard Kiley

As Chief Justice Earl Warren

Cleavon Little

As Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Gloria Foster

As Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

John McMartin

As Governor James F. Byrnes

Mark Hammer

As Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed

Graham Beckel

As Josiah C. Tulley

Jeffrey Wright

As William Coleman

Ed Hall

As Reverend J.A. Delaine

Lynne Thigpen

As Ruth Alice Stovall

Hallie Foote

As Julia Davis

Macon McCalman

As W.B. Springer

Randle Mell

As Charles L. Black Jr.

Cheryl Lynn Bruce

As Gladys Hampton

Tommy Hollis

As Harry Briggs

John Rothman

As NAACP Attorney Jack Greenberg

Damien Leake

As Dr. Kenneth Clark

Mike Nussbaum

As Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter

William Hardy

As Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark

William Cain

As Federal Judge J. Waties Waring

Michael Flippo

As Tom

Michael L. Nesbitt

As Man In Audience

Ric Reitz

As Mr. Straight

Edward Seamon

As E.R. Crow

Laurens Moore

As Judge

Top Crew >

George Stevens Jr.

Director, Writer

Carl Davis

Original Music Composer

Nicholas D. Knowland

Director of Photography

Reviews:

GenerationofSwine (5/10)

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.

2023-01-14