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A Raisin in the Sun

“The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...”

Director
Daniel Petrie
Year
1961
Runtime
2h 8m
Release
1961
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #enraged
  • #urban setting
  • #disrespectful
  • #neighborhood
  • #condescending
  • #based on play or musical
  • #racial segregation
  • #harsh
  • #complex
  • #housewife
  • #angry
  • #cautionary

  • Directed by

    Daniel Petrie

  • Written by

    Lorraine Hansberry

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