Separate But Equal (1991)★ 7.6/10
- Drama
- History
Directed by: George Stevens Jr.
Written by: George Stevens Jr.
A dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.
- Original title
- Separate But Equal
- Storyline
- A dramatization of how the NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall helped black schoolchildren and their parents in South Carolina to fight for equality and for desegregation of public primary schools, first in the district court, then in front of the Supreme Court of the U.S., culminating in the seminal "Brown vs. Board of Education" decision that overturned the "separate but equal" legal doctrine.
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 940
- Companies
- George Stevens Productions, New Liberty Productions, Republic Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), NHK, Republic Pictures Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment, Schröder Media
- Release dates
- US April 7, 1991
- JP December 30, 1991
- PT August 1, 1992
- FI September 16, 1993
- DE June 29, 1996