Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Thurgood [videorecording] / an HBO special presentaion a Stevens Company Production in association with Ostar Productions and Cinema Gypsy Productions ; director, Michael Stevens ; writer, George Stevens, Jr.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Home Box Office, [2012]

Description:

1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The remarkable celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights advocate and Supreme Court pioneer Thurgood Marshall, the first African American appointed to the nation's highest judicial bench. Filmed before a live audience at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater, this compelling one-man play written by Peabody Award and Emmy Award winner George Stevens, Jr. and directed by Emmy Award winner Michael Stevens stars the Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne.

Target Audience Note:

Rating; TV-14.

Subjects:

Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 -- Drama.

United States. Supreme Court -- 20th century -- Drama.

Judges -- United States -- Drama.

African American judges -- Drama.

One-person shows (Performing arts)

Jueces -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.

Films for hard of hearing people

Filmed plays.

Historical films.