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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is a 2017 American documentary film by Tracy Heather Strain (Producer, Director, Writer), Randall MacLowry (Producer, Editor) and Chiz Schultz (Executive Producer) on the life and work of writer Lorraine Hansberry. Hansberry is best known as the playwright of A Raisin in the Sun, a story that ...
A Raisin in the Sun. Spouse. Robert B. Nemiroff. . . (m. 1953; div. 1962) . 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 ...
Oct 14, 2017 · Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart: Directed by Tracy Heather Strain. With Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorraine Hansberry. A documentary feature about Lorraine Hansberry, whose play Raisin in the Sun was the first by a black woman to be produced on Broadway.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Tracy Heather Strain
- 2017-10-14
Narrated by acclaimed actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson (The Fighting Temptations, A Raisin in the Sun) and featuring the voice of Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose (A Raisin in the...
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. [1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred" [2]) by Langston Hughes.
- Lorraine Hansberry
- 1959
Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for A Raisin in the Sun (1961), American Playhouse (1982) and National Theatre Live: Les Blancs (2020).
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Jul 8, 2019 · Known For: Lorraine Hansberry was a Black playwright, essayist, and activist best known for writing "A Raisin in the Sun." Also Known As: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry. Born: May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Parents: Carl Augustus Hansberry and Nannie Perry Hansberry. Died: January 12, 1965 in New York City.