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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lorraine_HansberryLorraine Hansberry - Wikipedia

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   Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. [1] She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of black Americans in Chicago living under racial segregation.

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   The documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is the first in-depth presentation of Hansberry’s complex life, using her personal papers and archives, including home movies and...

4. newyorktheater.me › 2022/03/22 › lorraine-hansberryLorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun

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   Mar 22, 2022 · There is some mention of a couple of unproduced plays prior to “A Raisin in the Sun,” as well as “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” her sophomore Broadway effort, which closed on the day she died, but little mention of her posthumously produced ones.

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6. thecurvyfilmcritic.com › lorraine-hansberryLorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heartk

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   In the new KCET documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes - Feeling Heart by Award-winning director Tracy Heather Strain, this very talented playwright's life is dissected from her humble beginnings on the South Side of Chicago to the Harlem Renaissance to hiding her authentic self.

7. www.moviefone.com › movie › lorraine-hansberryLorraine Hansberry Sighted Eyes Feeling Heart (2017) - Movie

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   Oct 14, 2017 · Visit the movie page for 'Lorraine Hansberry Sighted Eyes Feeling Heart' on Moviefone. Discover the movie's synopsis, cast details and release date. Watch trailers, exclusive interviews, and...

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   Standing next to Tracy Heather Strain, director of the remarkable 2018 film Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, the first feature-length documentary of the life and work of Lorraine Hansberry, author of the groundbreaking 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun, I found myself surprised—and a bit unnerved—by the moment’s many contradictions. Strain’s documentary had just been screened to a full and ...

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   How old was Lorraine Hansberry when she died?

   • Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) died at the age of 34 from cancer. She electrified the theatrical world with her first play, A Raisin in the Sun, which won the New York Critics Circle Award for the 1958-59 season. More about Lorraine Hansberry

   To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry

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   Is there a documentary about Lorraine Hansberry?

   • In January 2018, the PBS series American Masters released a new documentary, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, directed by Tracy Heather Strain. [ 76 ] On September 18, 2018, the biography Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, written by scholar Imani Perry, was published by Beacon Press. [ 77 ]

   Lorraine Hansberry - Wikipedia

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   Who is Lorraine Vivian Hansberry?

   • Lorraine Vivian Hansberry is an American playwright best known for her play A Raisin in the Sun (1959). She is the first Black woman to have written a play performed on Broadway. Her work, including her most famous piece, highlights the lives of Blacks under racial segregation in Chicago. People know her for her play and as the inspiration behind Nina Simone's song 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black.'

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   Is Lorraine Hansberry in the Hall of Fame?

   • Heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it has since closed. In 2017, Hansberry was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. [ 75 ] In January 2018, the PBS series American Masters released a new documentary, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, directed by Tracy Heather Strain.

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   Why is Lorraine Hansberry important?

   • Lorraine Hansberry is hugely important for having written 'A Raisin in the Sun,' the most celebrated play by an African American author, considered one of the great plays of the 20th Century.

   Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart | About the Film ... - PBS

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   Where is Lorraine Hansberry buried?

   • Memorial gravestone of Lorraine Hansberry who died on January 12, 1965 at the age of 34 from pancreatic cancer. Hansberry is buried at the Bethel Cemetery in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY. The text on her gravestone is from The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window : “I care. I care about it all.

   Memorial gravestone of Lorraine Hansberry | Lorraine

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