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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Confirmation, it turns a consequential Washington investigation into a focused procedural, anchored by moral pressure, institutional resistance, and a steadily tightening sense of outrage.
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Why this pick
This tense, dialogue-driven political drama similarly finds high stakes in contested public process, showing competing legal and political forces without losing sight of the people under pressure.
03
Why this pick
A sharply acted HBO political drama about power, civil rights, and compromise; it shares Confirmation’s interest in the human cost behind landmark American institutional decisions.
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Why this pick
Its intimate, performance-led treatment of a modern political crisis echoes Confirmation’s behind-closed-doors perspective, balancing public spectacle with the personal strain placed on its central figures.
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Why this pick
Though centered on financial fraud rather than government, it uses the same restrained television-film precision: meticulous factual drama, powerful performances, and institutions closing in around accountability.
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01 / THE STORY
Starring Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce and Greg Kinnear, Confirmation takes a look behind the curtain of Washington politics, depicting the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings where Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. The hearings brought the country to a standstill and became a pivotal moment in American culture forever changing how we perceive and experience workplace equality and gender politics. Rick Famuyiwa directs a script written by Susannah Grant.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Susan Hoerchner
Anita Hill
Ken Duberstein
Carolyn Hart
Shirley Wiegand
Virginia Thomas
Paul Simon
Judy Smith
