names: The Human Stain
genre: Drama, Romance
overview: 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.
crew: Anthony Hopkins, Coleman Silk, Nicole Kidman, Faunia Farley, Ed Harris, Lester Farley, Gary Sinise, Nathan Zuckerman, Wentworth Miller, Young Coleman Silk, Jacinda Barrett, Steena Paulsson, Harry Lennix, Mr. Silk, Clark Gregg, Nelson Primus, Anna Deavere Smith, Mrs. Silk
orig_title: The Human Stain