Porgy and Bess

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 20, 2002

Original language

English

Production

PBS,Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Cast

Wynn Harmon,Sabrina Elaine Carten,Alvy Powell,Charles Mandracchia,Dwayne Clark,Darryl Reuben Hall,Marquita Lister,Timothy Robert Blevins,Martin Sola,Angela Renée Simpsonand 1 more

Director

Tazewell Thompson

Writer

DuBose Heyward,Ira Gershwin,Dorothy Heyward

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0313491