Confirmation (2016)

In 1991 Clarence Thomas (played here by Wendall Pierce) was nominated to the Supreme Court. This follows the point in his hearings when lawyer and educator Anita Hill (in the film portrayed by Kerry Washington) was compelled to share her experiences of sexual harassment while working with him. I admittedly didn’t watch the hearings as they happened, but it is infuriating to watch them unfold in the film. It truly illustrates how broken the system, and perhaps all political systems, can be. While it’s difficult to know how accurate the behind the scenes parts are, the hearings come across realistically as do the portrayals of the various political figures.