Confirmation (2016)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confirmation is a historical drama which premiered on US television (HBO) in 2016.

 

This drama is based on a true story. The topic is Anita Hill and the confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas held by the US Senate in 1991.

 

Here is some basic information about this drama:

 

** Director: Rick Famuyiwa

** Writer: Susannah Grant

** Released on DVD in 2016

** Run time: 110 minutes

 

The cast includes the following:

 

** Kerry Washington as Anita Hill (born 1956)

** Wendell Pierce as Clarence Thomas (born 1948)

** Greg Kinnear as Joe Biden (born 1942)

** Jeffrey Wright as Charles Ogletree (born 1952)

** Treat Williams as Ted Kennedy (1932-2009)

 

While this drama is based on a true story, it is not a documentary film. It is a dramatized version of events. Not everything happened exactly as shown in this drama, but the basic story is true.

 

Certain names, dates and places are known. Between the known facts there are gaps which the writer Susannah Grant has filled with words and actions which seemed realistic to her.

 

For details about the case and background information, see the following item:

 

Anita: Speaking Truth to Power

 

This is a documentary film which premiered in 2013

 

What do reviewers say about this historical drama?

 

Here are some results:

 

68 percent = IMDb

73 percent = Rotten Tomatoes (the audience)

84 percent = Rotten Tomatoes (the critics)

 

On Amazon there are at the moment 131 ratings of this product, 25 with reviews.

 

The average rating is 4.3 stars which corresponds to a rating of 86 percent.

 

As you can see, the ratings are quite good.

 

But if you ask me, they are not good enough.

 

I want to go all the way to the top with this product. I think it deserves a rating of five stars (100 percent).

 

PS # 1. The following (very negative) review is available online:

Armond White,

“Confirmation: High-Tech Sleazing,”

National Review,

15 April 2016.

 

PS # 2. Susannah Grant wrote the screenplay for the famous movie Erin Brockovich (starring Julia Roberts) which premiered in the year 2000.

 

PS # 3. Confirmation, the historical drama about Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas (which premiered in 2016) should not be confused with The Confirmation, a comedy starring Jaeden Martell, Cliwe Owen and Maria Bello (which premiered in the same year).

 

REFERENCE

 

Clarence & Ginni Thomas:

Politics, Power & the Supreme Court

 

This is a documentary film which premiered on US television (PBS) in May 2023

 

** Director = Michael Kirk

** Writers = Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser

** Reporters = Vanessa Fira and Jane Mayer

** Narrator = Will Lyman

** Run time = 114 minutes

 

This film is an episode of the long-running program Frontline

 

*****

 

On this blog

My review of

Anita: Speaking Truth to Power

(2013)

Posted in May 2023

 

*****