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A Raisin in the Sun (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. ... Directed by . Daniel Petrie Writing Credits
A Raisin in the Sun: Directed by Daniel Petrie. With Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
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A Raisin in the Sun, from left, Louis Gossett Jr, Ruby Dee, and Sidney Poitier. A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr. (in his film debut), and based on the 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry.
6 days ago · A Raisin in the Sun was the first play of its kind, with a fully black cast apart from one white actor. It explores the story of a black American family living in Chicago’s south side during the ...
Ground-breaking, pioneering and challenging, Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" broke barriers as the first play by a Black woman on Broadway. Directed by Tinuke Craig (Jitney, The Color Purple), this classic family drama full of humour and heart, remains relevant and powerful in a world still divided by inequality.
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. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.
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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. A Raisin in the Sun(From left) Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, and Diana Sands in A Raisin in the Sun (1961). A Raisin in the Sun follows a poor Black family ...
