director:
Wilford Leach
actor:
Frank Adu
/
Gloria Foster
/
CCH Pounder
/
Earle Hyman
/
Roscoe Orman
…
genre:
History
/
Drama
region:
United States
language:
English
length: 2h 40m
release date: 1979-03-31
IMDb: tt0078999
Overview
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.