

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (2009)
From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin
2009-04-19
United States of America
158 Min.
PG-13
Overview
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.