The Problem of the Hero (2023) movie poster

The Problem of the Hero (2023)

"Not every friendship can survive the artistic process."

85 minDrama

TMDb10.0/101 votes

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.

Country: United States

Director: Shaun Dozier

Cast

J. Mardrice Henderson as Richard Wright

J. Mardrice Henderson

Richard Wright

David zum Brunnen as Paul Green

David zum Brunnen

Paul Green

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Derrick Ivey

Ray Collins

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Brandon Haynes

Canada Lee/Bigger Thomas

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J. Antoine Hendrick

Young Richard Wright

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Dena Konkel

Janet Green

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Josephine Hall

Nell Harrison

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Charlie Cannon

Orson Welles

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Lex Wilson

Walter Ash

Alexa Yeames as Jean Rosenthal

Alexa Yeames

Jean Rosenthal

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Annie McElroy

Anne Burr

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Calliope George

Ellen Wright

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Samantha Larkin

Ouida Campbell

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Kimberly Avery

Ensemble

Keywords

Plot:based on true storyracismwriterbroadway theatrenative sonchapel hill, north carolina

Time:1940s

Place:chicago, illinois