Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
It's Anita Hill vs. the world in Confirmation.
Kerry Washington stars as Hill in the TV movie about Clarence Thomas's 1991 Supreme Court nomination hearing. Hill, a law professor at the time, accused him of sexual harassment.
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The new teaser captures the dramatic, frenzied atmosphere of the case. The film stars Wendell Pierce as Thomas and Jeffrey Wright as Hill's lawyer, Charles Ogletree. Greg Kinnear also makes a brief appearance, playing Joe Biden, as does Jennifer Hudson, who plays Angela Wright.
Confirmation will air on HBO on April1 6.
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