Separate but Equal (film)

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Separate but Equal
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Genre	Drama History
Written by	George Stevens Jr.
Directed by	George Stevens Jr.
Starring	Sidney Poitier Gloria Foster Tommy Hollis Burt Lancaster
Music by	Carl Davis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Stan Margulies George Stevens Jr.
Production locations	Orlando, Florida Charleston, South Carolina Manhattan Saluda, South Carolina Washington, D.C.
Cinematography	Nick Knowland
Editor	John W. Wheeler
Running time	194 minutes
Production companies	New Liberty Films Republic Pictures
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 7 (1991-04-07) – April 8, 1991 (1991-04-08)
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Separate But Equal is a 1991 American two-part television miniseries depicting the landmark Supreme Court desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, based on the phrase "Separate but equal". The film stars Sidney Poitier as lead NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall, Richard Kiley as Chief Justice Earl Warren, Burt Lancaster (in his final television role) as lawyer John W. Davis (loser of Briggs v. Elliott and the Democratic candidate in the 1924 US presidential election), Cleavon Little as lawyer and judge Robert L. Carter, and Lynne Thigpen as Ruth Alice Stovall.^[1]

In 1991, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences rewarded the film with the Outstanding Miniseries award.^[2] The film received 8 nominations for Emmy Awards in 1991 and won 2,^[3] and received 3 nominations for Golden Globe Awards in 1992.^[4]