The Problem of the Hero
The Problem of the Hero is a 2023 American drama film directed by Shaun Dozier. The film centers on the true-to-life collaboration of two twentieth-century literary greats, novelist Richard Wright & playwright Paul Green, as they face a spirited confrontation over race, class, politics, social justice and agency.
Synopsis
Set in pre-World War II New York City and North Carolina, a growing friendship that has developed between famed author, Richard Wright, and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Paul Green, may be pulled apart. As they partner to adapt Wright's new best-selling book, Native Son, into a Broadway play, and rehearsals continue around them, a disagreement between the two emerges over a single page of the script - just as opening night is approaching in March, 1941. What unfolds is a conflict that deepens into questions about race, class, politics, and personal agency - matters profoundly important to each man.Cast
- J. Mardrice Henderson as Richard Wright
- David zum Brunnen as Paul Green
- Derrick Ivey as Ray Collins
- Brandon Haynes as Canada Lee
- Josephine Hall as Nell Harrison
- Charlie Cannon as Orson Welles
- Alexa Yeames as Jean Rosenthal
- Annie McElroy as Anne Burr
- Lex Wilson as Walter Ash