| Separate But Equal [VHS] | ![Separate But Equal [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510GYV35SAL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: George Stevens Jr.
Actors: Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley, Cleavon Little, Gloria Foster
Studio: Republic Pictures
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Sales Rank: 67,468
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 2
Running Time: 186 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 4.6 x 2.3
ISBN: 6302180899
UPC: 017153361735
EAN: 9786302180893
ASIN: 6302180899
Release Date: January 16, 1996
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One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century American history is bracingly dramatized in Separate but Equal. In telling the detailed story of the Supreme Court's 1953 decision to abolish racial segregation in schools, this superb 1991 TV movie covers a broad spectrum of issues, never taking its "eyes off the prize" while its first-rate cast conveys the importance of the Supreme Court's ultimately unanimous decision. It was the culmination of a lengthy, legally complex, and morally compelling struggle that began humbly in South Carolina in 1950, where future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (Sidney Poitier)--then a New York-based lawyer for the NAACP--fought on behalf of an underprivileged black community facing social injustice despite the 1896 decision (Plessy v. Ferguson) that promised "separate but equal" treatment in the wake of slavery's abolition. Both direction and script by George Stevens Jr. are utterly conventional, but with so much dignity and fine acting in the service of a noble undertaking (including Burt Lancaster's final performance, as opposing counsel John W. Davis), Separate but Equal achieves a lasting importance of its own. --Jeff Shannon
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