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Jan 19, 2018 · Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain, however, was interested in telling a different story about Hansberry; a champion of the human spirit — a woman born on the Southside of Chicago during the...
Feb 4, 2019 · In her long-awaited documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, Tracy Heather Strain reveals multiple facets of the celebrated playwright and author of the beloved classic A Raisin in the Sun. The film asserts Hansberry’s significance.
- Erin D. Chapman
- 2019
Jan 19, 2018 · In 1978, 17-year-old Tracy Heather Strain saw a play in Harrisburg, Pa., that made a lasting impression on her. It was To Be Young, Gifted and Black, the biographical play using Lorraine...
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Sep 9, 2017 · Documentary filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain explores the life of the famed and world renown playwright and Black activist Lorraine Hansberry in the new documentary Sighted Eyes | Feeling Heart. Hansberry is best known for her work in her landmark play A Raisin in the Sun .
- Jamie Broadnax
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.
yesterday I was able to attend a virtual Q&A session with the director of this film, Tracy Heather Strain, courtesy of Women in Film LA. the information I learned about Lorraine Hansberry was vast and thorough. Finally a documentary about her life before, during and after, A Raisin in the Sun.
Jan 17, 2023 · Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain (Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart) has written, directed, and produced an engrossing documentary that spans the incredible life of Zora Neale Hurston. BGN spoke with Strain via Zoom on a Wednesday afternoon in early January 2023 about this captivating film.
