The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (2009)

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Released April 19, 2009 158 min None+

Genres: Music, Musical

Keywords: tmdb.opera, tmdb.drug-addiction, tmdb.musical, tmdb.south-carolina, tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, tmdb.cripple, tmdb.poverty-row + 4 more, tmdb.charleston, tmdb.1900s, tmdb.20th-century, tmdb.romantic-drama