In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Unfortunately the movie Porgy and Bess is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Mike Medavoy | Producer |
| Production | Robert Michael Geisler | Producer |
| Production | Charles Winkler | Producer |
| Writing | Dee Rees | Screenplay |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Directing | Dee Rees | Director |
| Writing | George Gershwin | Novel |
