The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (2009)

10.0/10 158 min Music

Overview

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Cast

Eric Owens

Porgy

Laquita Mitchell

Bess

Angel Blue

Clara

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