A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
2h 8m
Running Time
May 28, 1961Release Date
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
2h 8m
Running Time
May 28, 1961Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Ruby Dee
Ruth Younger
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon
Asagai
John Fiedler
Mark Lindner
Louis Gossett Jr.
George Murchison
Stephen Perry
Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
Thomas D. Jones
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Stubbs
Bartender (uncredited)
David Susskind
On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited) / Producer
Daniel Petrie
Director
Lorraine Hansberry
Screenplay / Theatre Play
Carl Anderson
Art Direction
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 28, 1961
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Budget$1,500,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
housewife
racial segregation
based on play or musical
racism
urban setting
racial tension
racial prejudice
neighborhood
discrimination
grave
angry
complex
cautionary
dramatic
condescending
disrespectful
enraged
harsh
Wiki.
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. It follows a black family that wants a better life away from the city. A Raisin in the Sun was released by Columbia Pictures on May 29, 1961.
In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2006, the American Film Institute ranked the film 65th in its list of most inspiring films.
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