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BELIEVE HER OR NOT

Director Rick Famuyiwa revives a quarter-century-old debate.

Confirmation, HBO’s new film about Justice Clarence Thomas’ 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, stars Kerry Washington as Anita Hill and Wendell Pierce as Thomas. But the real players are the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The film reminds us

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