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A Raisin in the Sun American Playhouse. Edit. Summaries. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor Black family.
The experimental film is titled The Cry Of Jazz – a fascinating 34-minute critical analysis of Jazz music, directed by Ed Bland (an African American) – his only film. He went on to a career as a composer, arranger, and producer for the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, and on films like A Raisin In The Sun, Ganja And Hess, and The Cool World.
Groundbreaking, pioneering and challenging, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun broke barriers as the first play by a Black woman on Broadway. Directed by Tinuke Craig ( Jitney, The Color Purple ), this classic family drama full of humour and heart, remains relevant and powerful in a world still divided by inequality.
Ep 1. A Raisin in the Sun. February 1, 1989. 7.4 (240) American Playhouse season 8 episode 1 is titled "A Raisin in the Sun" and is a powerful adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's acclaimed play. Set in Chicago's South Side in the 1950s, the story centers on the Younger family, who are living in a cramped apartment and struggling to make ends meet.
"When Lorraine Hansberry's searing drama A RAISIN IN THE SUN opened on Broadway in 1959 no one could foresee the impact this production would have not only on the American theatre, but on race relations in America as well. RAISIN was the first play written by a black woman to reach Broadway audiences, and it would become the first commercially successful, serious black drama. But it had an ...
Feb 1, 1989 · It lacked Odets's theatrical flair, but the play's honesty and freshness, enhanced by the performances of Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil, made up for the weaknesses of stagecraft. In tonight's ...
Feb 1, 1989 · If you loved the Roundabout Theatre's 25th anniversary production of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," you'll love the television clone that is showing up tonight on "American Playhouse ...
