‘Confirmation’ Trailer: HBO Remembers the Clarence Thomas Scandal of the 1990s
Posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 by Angie Han
As President Obama looks to fill the spot left behind by Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court — and as the nation braces itself for the drama and controversy that’s sure to follow — HBO is looking back at a very contentious Supreme Court appointment from the not-too-distant past. In 1991, then-president George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to replace the retired Thurgood Marshall. During Thomas’ confirmation hearings, a former colleague of his, Anita Hill, testified that he’d sexually harassed her years earlier.
Hill’s accusations sparked a firestorm of controversy, inspiring loud conversations about gender equality and women in the workplace — conversations that are still going on today. Now, 25 years later, HBO is revisiting that watershed moment with Confirmation, a new movie directed by Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) and starring Kerry Washington and Wendell Pierce. Read More »
