The Problem of the Hero
2023 · Movie · 85 min · ★ 10.0
The friendship between two famed 20th-century writers—one Black, one white—is threatened in a dispute over their Broadway script’s final page.
Also known as Native: Wright & Green
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-02-17
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 85 min
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 (1 votes)
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- based on true story
- racism
- writer
- broadway theatre
- 1940s
- native son
- chapel hill, north carolina
Cast & crew
J. Mardrice Henderson
as Richard Wright
David zum Brunnen
as Paul Green
- DI
Derrick Ivey
as Ray Collins
- BH
Brandon Haynes
as Canada Lee/Bigger Thomas
- JH
J. Antoine Hendrick
as Young Richard Wright
- DK
Dena Konkel
as Janet Green
- JH
Josephine Hall
as Nell Harrison
- CC
Charlie Cannon
as Orson Welles
- LW
Lex Wilson
as Walter Ash
Alexa Yeames
as Jean Rosenthal
Directed by Shaun Dozier