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     Sidney Poitier

     Walter Lee Younger
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     Claudia McNeil

     Lena Younger
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     Ruby Dee

     Ruth Younger
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     Diana Sands

     Beneatha Younger
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     Ivan Dixon

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     John Fiedler

     Mark Lindner

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   When was A Raisin in the Sun filmed?

   • Other iterations followed: A Raisin in the Sun was adapted into a Tony award winning musical in 1975 (Raisin) and was filmed for television in 1989 with Esther Rolle as the Younger family matriarch and Danny Glover as Walter. Since then, Hansberry's most famous work has been twice revived on Broadway this millennium:

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   Who directed A Raisin in the Sun?

   • When he returned to Broadway in 1959 for the premiere of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” he was already famous. The cast, which included fellow American Negro Theatre alum Dee, was directed byLloyd Richards.

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   What is a Raisin in the Sun about?

   • FURTHER READING A Raisin in the Sun was first produced in 1959 and anticipates many of the issues which were to divide American culture during the decade of the 1960s. Lorraine Hansberry, the playwright, was an unknown dramatist who achieved unprecedented success when her play became a Broadway sensation.

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   Who wrote A Raisin in the Sun?

   • Nemiroff’s song “Cindy, Oh Cindy” becomes a hit, enabling Hansberry to write full time. Hansberry finishes A Raisin in the Sun. Philip Rose raises funds to produce the play. A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Lloyd Richards and starring Sidney Poitier, opens on Broadway, wins the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and runs for 530 performances.

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   May 19, 2024 · Fact 1. A Raisin in the Sun is a groundbreaking 1961 film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s acclaimed play of the same name. Fact 2. The movie was directed by Daniel Petrie and produced by David Susskind, and it marked one of the earliest instances of a Hollywood film directed by an African-American. Fact 3.

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   1 day ago · Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an impri...

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     Raisin In The Sun (1989) | Danny Glover Esther Rolle | Directed by Bill Duke

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   May 7, 2024 · Hansberry writes two screenplays of A Raisin in the Sun, both of which are rejected by Columbia Pictures; her third, least controversial screenplay is accepted. Students hold “sit-ins” in Greensboro, N.C. 1961. Movie version of A Raisin in the Sun premieres in Chicago. The film wins a special Cannes Film Festival Award. 1962

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   May 22, 2024 · Synopsis. Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family?

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   May 22, 2024 · Streaming charts last updated: 5:19:29 p.m., 2024-05-22. A Raisin in the Sun is 20757 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 33702 places since yesterday. In Canada, it is currently more popular than Running Forever but less popular than Venus and Serena.

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    May 19, 2024 · Directed by Jeremy Hunter. BUY TICKETS NOW. Drama. The Youngers: Walter Lee, Ruth, their son Travis, Walter’s sister Beneatha, and his mother, Mama, are a proud Black family struggling through poverty in rundown two-bedroom apartment on the South Side of Chicago.

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    May 22, 2024 · A Raisin in the Sun explores the challenges faced by an African American family living in Chicago as they grapple with societal prejudices and their own aspirations for a better future. The title of the play is taken from Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem.”

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