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Feature film — 2023

The Problem of the Hero (2023)

10.01h 25mDrama

In 1940, author Richard Wright turns to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green to help adapt his best-selling book, Native Son, into a Broadway play. Days from opening night, they differ over a single page of the script.

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EbzB Productions / AyJ Productions / Gravel Productions / ARRI Film & TV Services / Carolina Custom Video / Eastern Costume / Magick Lantern / Moonshine Post Productions / Storyline Music + Mix

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Director: Shaun Dozier

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Cast & crew

J. Mardrice Henderson as Richard Wright

J. Mardrice Henderson

Richard Wright

David zum Brunnen as Paul Green

David zum Brunnen

Paul Green

D

Derrick Ivey

Ray Collins

B

Brandon Haynes

Canada Lee/Bigger Thomas

J

J. Antoine Hendrick

Young Richard Wright

D

Dena Konkel

Janet Green

J

Josephine Hall

Nell Harrison

C

Charlie Cannon

Orson Welles

L

Lex Wilson

Walter Ash

Alexa Yeames as Jean Rosenthal

Alexa Yeames

Jean Rosenthal

A

Annie McElroy

Anne Burr

C

Calliope George

Ellen Wright

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