A raisin in the sun

A raisin in the sun / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie.

Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money...

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Other Authors: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 (Screenwriter), Poitier, Sidney (Actor), McNeil, Claudia (Actor), Dee, Ruby (Actor), Sands, Diana (Actor), Dixon, Ivan, 1931-2008 (Actor), Fiedler, John, 1925-2005 (Actor), Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936- (Actor), Perry, Stephen, 1952- (Actor), Fluellen, Joel, 1907-1990 (Actor), Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 (Actor), Glenn, Roy, 1915-1971 (Actor), Lawton, Charles, 1904-1965 (director of photography.), Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926- (composer (expression))
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 945.
Subjects:
Hansberry, Lorraine, > 1930-1965 > Film adaptations.
African American families > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Home ownership > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Racism > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Insurance claims > Drama.
Feature films.
Videos > Dinand
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Call Number: DVD PN1997 .R225 2018
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