The Problem of the Hero (2023)

02/17/2023 (US) • 1h 25m

Drama

"Not every friendship can survive the artistic process."

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

J. Mardrice Henderson

Richard Wright

Derrick Ivey

Ray Collins

Brandon Haynes

Canada Lee/Bigger Thomas

J. Antoine Hendrick

Young Richard Wright

Dena Konkel

Janet Green

Josephine Hall

Nell Harrison

Charlie Cannon

Orson Welles

Lex Wilson

Walter Ash


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$200,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

chicago, illinois

based on true story

racism

writer

broadway theatre

1940s

native son

chapel hill, north carolina

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