History · TV Movie
Separate but Equal
The true story behind the most important legal battle of our time.
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
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
Mark Hammer
Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed
Graham Beckel
Josiah C. Tulley
Directed by
George Stevens Jr.
Production
Republic PicturesReviews
GenerationofSwine
5/101/14/2023
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.
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