Watching this post Roe v. Wade overturn is pretty heartbreaking. So many people so many senators knowingly let this happen. It really shows how politicians focus on power, money and winning but not what's right.
Confirmation
2016
Action / Biography / Drama / History
Confirmation
2016
Action / Biography / Drama / History
Plot summary
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
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July 24, 2016 at 04:27 AM
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Hill v Thomas
A drama that recreate the events surrounding Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court in 1991.
President Bush had nominated Thomas to succeed the retiring Thurgood Marshall who had made history as the first black judge to the Supreme Court.
Thomas's nomination was expected to be rubber stamped by the Senate, despite his apparent inexperience to be such a senior judge.
It was nearly torpedoed by allegations of sexual harassment from Anita Hill (Kerry Washington) while he was once her supervisor.
The confirmation hearings became a media circus. Thomas described it as a 'high-tech lynching...' by white liberals.
It was actually Hill who was vilified in the process. In this drama, Republican senators banded together to fight off the allegations by hook or crook.
The Democratic senators appeared to be weak and disunited. Joe Biden (Greg Kinnear) the chair of the Senate committee seemed to be easily swayed and manipulated by the Republicans.
This was made 25 years after the event. This should had been more than a 'he said, she said' dramatisation. Maybe it should had been more contextual regarding the rampant sexism and racism that Hill had faced.
The Senate is painted as an old boys club where such type of sexual harassment was regarded as almost normal.
The events surrounding the nomination deserved more than this sapless drama. It has the structure of so many HBO true event films. A cookie cutter approach to docu dramas.
Hooked Me Right In!
I had heard a little about the story but generally speaking I was new to the details of it. As such I found it to be a completely engaging and interesting film with great performances.
Knowing how politics deteriorated even more after this was and is somewhat depressing.
If you are strong for either side of the political fence you will get frustrated by the story. For those free of politics is great!