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A Raisin in the Sun: Directed by Bill Duke. With Starletta DuPois, Lou Ferguson, John Fiedler, Danny Glover. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor Black family.
- (247)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Bill Duke
- 1989-02-01
Nov 12, 2019 · Raisin in the Sun is a 1989 TV adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 Broadway play (previously filmed in 1962). An African-American family hopes to use a $10,000 legacy left them by the...
- 173 min
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"American Playhouse" A Raisin in the Sun (TV Episode 1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In essence, the play shows a family of four adults, each feeling they have no identity. Esther's children are grown, so she's no longer useful as a mother; and as a recent widow, she's no longer a wife. Danny feels the pressure of providing for his family, but he doesn't feel like a man.
A TV adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry drama about race relations in America in the 1950s. It is the story of a black American family torn between a mother's pursuit of the middle-class dream, and her son's desire to begin a new life.
- Bill Duke, Harold Scott
- Kimble Joyner
Feb 1, 1989 · Tonight's ''American Playhouse'' adaptation, based on the 1986 Roundabout Theater production, includes material that had been cut in earlier incarnations, including an effective few moments in...
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Conflicts of a struggling African-American family who suddenly come into a financial windfall.
