The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2009 · Movie · 2h 38m
Music
"From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin"
Overview
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.
Ratings
TMDB
10/10
Key crew
- Francesca ZambelloDirector
- DuBose HeywardWriter
Cast
- Eric OwensPorgy
- Laquita MitchellBess
- Lester LynchCrown
- Chauncey PackerSportin' Life
- Karen SlackSerena
- Angel BlueClara
- Alteouise DeVaughnMaria
- Eric GreeneJake
- Michael BraggMingo
- Malesha JessieAnnie
- Samantha McElhaneyStrawberry Woman
- Amber MercomesLily
Stills
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Themes
operadrug addictionmusicalsouth carolinabased on play or musicalcripplepoverty rowcharleston1900s20th centuryromantic drama