HBO has announced a premiere date for its film, Confirmation starring Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, who famously alleged sexual harassment from her then-boss Clarence Thomas who was being confirmed for his current job on the Supreme Court.
The original movie, co-starring Wendell Pierce as Thomas will debut at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, the cable network announced Tuesday.
Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet and Jennifer Hudson also star in the film that follows Thomas’ turbulent 1991 Supreme Court nomination hearings, which tantalized the nation and forever changed the way we think about sexual harassment, victims’ rights and modern-day race relations.
Below, Washington tells us what she thought about the legacy of those hearings:
I remember seeing the Senate hearings against Ms. Hill.
I believed and still believe that she was telling the truth regarding the incident with Uncle Thomas.
However, the ole boys network was in full affect and all those men on that panel closed ranks and voted against her-which helped in getting Clarence Thomas nominated and confirmed to be on the Supreme Court.