KERRY WASHINGTON, WENDELL PIERCE AND GREG KINNEARSTAR IN HBO FILMS’ CONFIRMATION

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THE STORY OF THE EXPLOSIVE CLARENCE THOMASSUPREME COURT NOMINATION HEARINGS, DEBUTING APRIL 16;

WRITTEN BY SUSANNAH GRANT AND DIRECTED BY RICK FAMUYIWA;

JEFFREY WRIGHT, ERIC STONESTREET AND JENNIFER HUDSON ALSO STAR

HBO Films’ CONFIRMATION stars Kerry Washington (Emmy® and Golden Globe nominee for “Scandal”; “Django Unchained,” “Ray”), Wendell Pierce (HBO’s “Treme” and “The Wire”), Greg Kinnear (Oscar® and Golden Globe nominee for “As Good as It Gets”; “Little Miss Sunshine”), Jeffrey Wright (Emmy® and Golden Globe winner for HBO’s “Angels in America”; HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Eric Stonestreet (Emmy® winner for “Modern Family”) and Jennifer Hudson (Oscar® winner for “Dreamgirls”). Written by Susannah Grant (Oscar® nominee for “Erin Brockovich”) and directed by Rick Famuyiwa (“Dope,” “The Wood”), the film details the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings, which brought the country to a standstill and forever changed the way we think about sexual harassment, victims’ rights and modern-day race relations.

            CONFIRMATION is executive produced by Michael London (“Trumbo,” Oscar® nominee for “Sideways”), Janice Williams (“Trumbo,” “The Astronaut Wives Club”), Kerry Washington, under the banner of her Simpson Street production company, and Susannah Grant. Darren Demetre (“The Bling Ring”) is the producer. The HBO Films presentation of a Groundswell and Simpson Street Production in association with ABC Signature Studios debuts SATURDAY, APRIL 16 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA, NEW CNN ORIGINAL SERIESHOSTED BY W. KAMAU BELL

Sylvester March 28, 2016

  
United Shades of America, a new CNN Original Series hosted by W. Kamau Bell, premieres on Sunday, April 24, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The eight-part series follows the comedian as he explores subcultures across the country, using comedy to start a conversation about race and how our differences unite and divide us. The series takes Kamau from the far corners of Alaska to Florida’s retirement homes to America’s most notorious prison. Each hour-long episode strives to show the country is not built upon just one, but many diverse and colorful definitions of America. 

In the premiere episode, Kamau heads to the South to challenge the ‘new’ Ku Klux Klan. This generation of Klansmen claims they have rebranded and Kamau must see for himself.

United Shades of America is produced by Objective Media Group America/All3Media America. Bell, Jimmy Fox, Star Price and Layla Smith serve as executive producers. The series will regularly air Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT following new episodes of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.