Porgy and Bess
2002•2h 33m•10.0/10
Music
Ratings
🎬TMDb
10.0/10(1)
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.
Production
PBS, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Marquita Lister
Bess
Alvy Powell
Porgy
Timothy Robert Blevins
Crown
Sabrina Elaine Carten
Maria
Dwayne Clark
Sportin' Life
David Aron Damane
Jake
Darryl Reuben Hall
Company
Wynn Harmon
The Detective
Charles Mandracchia
Policeman
Angela Renée Simpson
Serena
Martin Sola
Nelson
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