After a 10-day Hawaiian vacation, Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton) returns to her San Francisco home with John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), her brand-new fiancé. Although he’s a successful doctor and a Nobel Prize candidate, her parents, Christina (Katharine Hepburn) and Matthew (Spencer Tracy), are taken aback when they discover John is black.
Part of the Capitol Arts Complex’s Minority Voices movie series, made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation of Oneida Herkimer Counties.
Please note: although the movies are rated for general audiences, parents and guardians should use their discretion, recognizing moments of intensity that could prove disturbing for young children.
Runtime: 108 Minutes
Rating: PG
Language: English
Format: Digital Print
Venue: Capitol Theatre