Porgy and Bess

Synopsis

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.

Director

Tazewell Thompson

Written by

Dorothy Heyward

Music

George Gershwin

Studio

PBS

Released

20 March 2002

Genres

Music