Saturday, HBO's Confirmation which stars Washington as Anita Hill opposite Wendell Pierce as Clarence Thomas, details the explosive 1991 Supreme Court nomination hearings (at which Anita Hill testified) that brought the country to a standstill and forever changed the way people think about sexual harassment, victims' rights and modern-day race relations. "One of the most important things that comes forward in the film is the importance of our voices in this country.," Washington said. "Anita Hill was a very reluctant hero, based on these things that I wasn't so clear about before doing research on her and how much she did not want to come forward and was put in that position because the information was leaked. But when I think about how it inspired other people to have their voices ? that's moving."
