Released:
1979-03-31

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.

Director:
Wilford Leach

Runtime:
2h 40min

Genre:
History, Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Frank Adu
  as
  Junius Brutus
• 
  Gloria Foster
  as
  Volumnia
• 
  CCH Pounder
  as
  Valeria
• 
  Earle Hyman
  as
  Cominius
• 
  Roscoe Orman
  as
  Adrian