A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry?s immortal A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be performed on Broadway. Two years later, the production came to the screen, directed by Daniel Petrie. The original stars?including Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee?reprise their roles as members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. The Youngers await a life-insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how to use the money. Vividly rendering Hansberry?s sharp observations on generational conflict and housing discrimination, Petrie?s film captures the high stakes, shifting currents, and varieties of experience within black life in midcentury America.

Production Year: 
1961
Released: 
Tue, 09/25/2018
Run Time Minutes: 
128
Rating: 
NR
Genres: 
Drama
Trailer: 
No
Format Aspect Ratio: 
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution: 
720x1280 HiRez
More Information: 
HiDef-5
Audio Language: 
English
Audio Format: 
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels: 
Mono
Actors: 
Sidney Poitier - Walter Lee Younger
Actors: 
Claudia McNeil - Lena Younger
Actors: 
Ruby Dee - Ruth Younger
Actors: 
Diana Sands - Beneatha Younger
Actors: 
Ivan Dixon - Asagai
Actors: 
John Fiedler - Mark Lindner
Actors: 
Louis Gossett, Jr. - George Murchison
Actors: 
Stephen Perry - Travis Younger
Actors: 
Joel Fluellen - Bobo
Actors: 
Louis Terkel - Herman
Actors: 
Roy Glenn - Willie Harris