The Problem of the Hero
"Not every friendship can survive the artistic process."
In 1940, author Richard Wright turns to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green to help adapt his best-selling book, Native Son, into a Broadway play. Days from opening night, they differ over a single page of the script.
- 10.0
- 2023
- Released
- 1h 25m
J. Mardrice Henderson
Richard Wright
David zum Brunnen
Paul Green
Derrick Ivey
Ray CollinsJ. Antoine Hendrick
Young Richard WrightDena Konkel
Janet GreenJosephine Hall
Nell HarrisonCharlie Cannon
Orson WellesLex Wilson
Walter Ash
Alexa Yeames
Jean RosenthalAnnie McElroy
Anne BurrCalliope George
Ellen WrightSamantha Larkin
Ouida CampbellKimberly Avery
EnsembleKareem L. Alston
EnsembleRocio Anderson
EnsembleFabrizio Anderson-Falconi
Ensemble
Toochukwu T.C. Anyachonkeya
EnsembleCamillia Carter
EnsembleSammie Cassell
EnsembleAna Celeste
EnsembleTom Church
EnsembleJustin Cole
EnsembleJawan Davidson
EnsembleAdrian Ekanem
EnsembleMatthew Hager
EnsembleChristine Hampton
EnsembleJeanette Henderson
EnsembleQualia Akili Holder-Cozart
EnsembleRachel Horowitz
EnsembleNick Iammatteo
EnsembleSean Michael Jaenicke
EnsembleArtemis Jamison
EnsembleJinna Kim
EnsembleKent Lewis
EnsembleRandy Merritt
EnsembleRosemary Moua
EnsembleMisty Naholnik
EnsembleCharles Ollinger
EnsembleAbby Patrick
EnsembleJessica Regehr
EnsembleTara Rison
EnsembleStephanie Simon
EnsembleTamara Snegosky
EnsembleShea Stanley
EnsembleAdam Stern-Rand
EnsembleDuprehsa Townsend
EnsembleAlex Vacca
EnsembleDeb Vacca
EnsembleEmma Vacca
EnsembleJuliana Valente
EnsembleCarlton Zum Brunnen
EnsembleReleased
en
$200,000.00
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