Porgy and Bess: An American Voice Great Performances : Season 26 Episode 8
TV-G PBS 3h 00m
Aired: February 4th, 1998 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
A documentary detailing the history of Gershwin's opera and DuBose Heyward's original novel "Porgy", and the impact it has had on its casts and audiences as well as U.S. black culture in general, with rare archival footage of the 1952 world tour, and clips from the 1993 television production.
