Kerry Washington to Play Anita Hill in HBO Biopic — bet.com

Kerry Washington is headed from ABC to HBO, starring as Anita Hill in a TV movie, which she is also set to executive produce. | CLICK HERE FOR BLACK WOMEN DOMINATING TELEVISION | According to The Hollywood Reporter, the biopic, called Confirmation, is in development from HBO Films, and will chronicle the tense 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings. That year, Anita Hill was pushed into the spotlight when she accused Thomas of sexual harassment. Hill's testimonial captured national attention and permanently changed the way people think about sexual harassment, women's rights and race relations. 

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