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Unrated. YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.4K. RAISIN IN THE SUN is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit, featuring an electrifying performance by...
Oct 24, 2014 · 2014. 2h 8m. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama. An adaptation of an African-American family's struggle with poverty and one man's inner conflict with pride, failed dreams, and the pursuit of a better life for he and his family. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry. Director. Randy Hawkins. Writers. Lorraine Hansberry. Randy Hawkins. Star.
Summaries. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. 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 imprisoned man.
A Raisin in the Sun, American film drama, released in 1961, that was based on Lorraine Hansberry ’s acclaimed play of the same name about the urban African American experience. scene from A Raisin in the Sun. (From left) Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, and Diana Sands in A Raisin in the Sun (1961). (more)
Jan 17, 2024. Aug 24, 2022. Aug 23, 2022. This lauded drama follows the Youngers, an African-American family living together in an apartment in Chicago. Following the death of their patriarch, they...
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Film Info. United States. 1961. 128 minutes. Black & White. 1.85:1. English. Spine #945. Special Features. New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Interview from 1961 with playwright/screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry. New interview with Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine.
A RAISIN IN THE SUN. 2008. |. Drama. , Other. Based on the play that inspired a generation, "A Raisin in the Sun" tells the story of a family living and struggling on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s.
