The Human Stain

How far would you go to escape the past?

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Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.

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Creators

Robert Benton

director

Philip Roth

writer

Nicholas Meyer

writer

Cast

Anthony Hopkins actor Nicole Kidman actor Ed Harris actor Gary Sinise actor Wentworth Miller actor Jacinda Barrett actor Harry Lennix actor Clark Gregg actor Anna Deavere Smith actor

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Lizan Mitchell actor Kerry Washington actor

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Phyllis Newman actor Margo Martindale actor Ron Canada actor Mili Avital actor Danny Blanco Hall actor

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Marie Michel actor Anne Dudek actor Mimi Kuzyk actor John Finn actor