In the case of the HBO film Confirmation, premiering Saturday night, Scandal’s Kerrie Washington plays Anita Hill, the law professor who felt compelled in 1991 to testify before Congress about the behavior of her former boss, Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Thomas is played by Wendell Pierce, of Treme and The Wire. Writer Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) and director Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood) play it very straight: The film is a mostly-chronological, just-the-facts presentation of what happened from the moment President George H.W. Bush nominated Thomas to the Court.
