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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court.
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Cast: Anita Hill. Directed by Freida Lee Mock.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Supreme Court |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: Although the first female appointed to the Supreme Court, a staunch conservative, never agrees with the high court's resident liberal on issues before the Court, they develop respect and affection for one another after several comedic encounters.
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Cast: Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh. Directed by Ronald Neame.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Supreme Court |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: The 2004 campaign for re-election of Justice Warren McGraw for the West Virginia Supreme Court is dubbed the "nastiest" judicial race in 2004.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Wayne Ewing.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Politics ∙ Supreme Court |
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RBG (2018)
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
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Cast: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton, Sharron Frontiero. Directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Documentary ∙ Supreme Court |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 186 min.
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Plot: Dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.
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Cast: Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley. Directed by George Stevens Jr..
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Categories: Supreme Court ∙ History ∙ Civil Rights |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 40 min.
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Plot: Recounts the remarkable legal strategy and social struggle that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
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Cast: . Directed by Helaine Head.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Education ∙ Supreme Court |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the people that influenced him.
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Cast: Laurence Fishburne. Directed by Michael Stevens.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Drama ∙ Supreme Court |
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