(Porgy and Bess)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

153 minutes

Year:

2002

Directors:

Tazewell Thompson

Production companies:

PBS,

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Actors:

Bess

Porgy

Crown

Maria

Sportin' Life

Crews:

Director

Writer

Writer

Lyricist

Music