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.
Acting
Kerry Washington's controlled fury — every blink is a choice.
Direction
Famuyiwa makes committee rooms feel like horror sets.
Costume
The 90s power suits are a character study in themselves.
Director
Rick Famuyiwa
Kerry Washington
Anita Hill
Wendell Pierce
Clarence Thomas
Greg Kinnear
Joe Biden
Jeffrey Wright
Charles Ogletree
Eric Stonestreet
Ken Duberstein
Zoe Lister-Jones
Carolyn Hart
Grace Gummer
Ricki Seidman
Treat Williams
Ted Kennedy
Dylan Baker
Orrin Hatch
Erika Christensen
Shirley Wiegand
Alison Wright
Virginia Thomas
Bill Irwin
Senator Jack Danforth
Malcolm Gets
Arlen Specter
Peter McRobbie
Alan Simpson
Kimberly Elise
Sonia Jarvis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Anita Hill consulted on the script; she requested specific dialogue from her actual testimony be used verbatim.
This aired weeks before the 2016 election, making its 'one choice changes history' tagline almost unbearably prophetic. The film's release timing was deliberate — HBO knew exactly what conversation it was restarting.
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