Porgy and Bess

2002Directed by Tazewell Thompson

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Released: March 20, 2002
Runtime: 2h 33m

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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.

Director: Tazewell Thompson
Writers: Dorothy Heyward
Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward

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