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gptkbp:instanceOf
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film
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gptkbp:awards
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BAFTA_nominations
Academy_Award_nominations
Golden_Globe_nominations
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gptkbp:basedOn
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Porgy_and_Bess_(opera)
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gptkbp:boxOffice
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$2 million
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gptkbp:cinematographyBy
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gptkb:Sam_Leavitt
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:criticalReception
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mixed reviews
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gptkbp:culturalImpact
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influenced jazz musicians
adapted into various stage productions
explores themes of race and poverty
features an all-Black cast
considered_a_classic_of_American_cinema
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gptkbp:directedBy
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gptkb:Otto_Preminger
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gptkbp:distributor
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gptkb:Columbia_Pictures
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gptkbp:editedBy
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Warren_Low
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gptkbp:filmingLocation
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gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:South_Carolina
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gptkbp:genre
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musical
drama
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Porgy and Bess (1959 film)
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gptkbp:influenced
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the development of musical theater
the representation of opera in film
subsequent_adaptations_of_Gershwin's_works
the_portrayal_of_African_American_culture_in_film
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:African_American_spirituals
gptkb:American_folk_music
classical music
jazz music
blues music
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:musicBy
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gptkb:George_Gershwin
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gptkbp:notableFilm
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gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkb:Sammy_Davis_Jr.
gptkb:Diahann_Carroll
gptkb:Pearl_Bailey
Cab Calloway
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gptkbp:notableSong
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gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now
Summertime
It Ain't Necessarily So
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
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gptkbp:premiere
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gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival
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gptkbp:producedBy
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gptkb:Otto_Preminger
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gptkbp:releasedIn
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February 24, 1959
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gptkbp:runtime
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138 minutes
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gptkbp:screenplayBy
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gptkb:Nina_Foch
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gptkbp:starring
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gptkb:Dorothy_Dandridge
gptkb:Sidney_Poitier
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