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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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Bill Duke
- 1989-02-01
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
- 1.2M
- Reelblack One
Combining high drama, transcendent humanity and often side-splitting humor, the play confronts the American Dream through the survival struggle of a ghetto family whose conflicting visions of a better life are brought within reach when the father dies, leaving a $10,000 insurance annuity.
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.
In 1989, the play was adapted into a TV film for PBS's American Playhouse series, starring Danny Glover (Walter Lee) and Esther Rolle (Mama), Kim Yancey (Beneatha), Starletta DuPois (Ruth), John Fiedler (Karl Lindner), and Helen Martin (Mrs. Johnson).
- Lorraine Hansberry
- 1959
A Raisin in the Sun. Wed, Feb 1, 1989 60 mins. Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," about a black ghetto family's American dreams. Lena: Esther Rolle. Walter Lee:...
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The 1989 television adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun was based on the 25th Anniversary Production directed by Harold Scott and produced by the Roundabout Theater Company. It was the eighth-season opener for PBS American Playhouse.
