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FilmMovie ReviewsConfirmation — 2016

Confirmation

2016

1h 50m

Biography/Drama/History

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Cast

Kerry Washington (Anita Hill)Wendell Pierce (Clarence Thomas)Greg Kinnear (Joe Biden)Jeffrey Wright (Charles Ogletree)Eric Stonestreet (Ken Duberstein)Bill Irwin (Jack Danforth)Zoe Lister-Jones (Carolyn Hart)Grace Gummer (Ricki Seidman)Treat Williams (Ted Kennedy)Dylan Baker (Orrin Hatch)Erika Christensen (Shirley Wiegand)Alison Wright (Ginni Thomas)Malcolm Gets (Arlen Specter)Peter McRobbie (Alan Simpson)Kimberly Elise (Sonia Jarvis)Jennifer Hudson (Angela Wright)Frank Hoyt Taylor (Strom Thurmond)Tom Virtue (Patrick Leahy)

Director

Rick Famuyiwa

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Synopsis

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States Supreme Court is called into question when Anita Hill, a former colleague, testifies that he sexually harassed her.

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