A Raisin in the Sun
"The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions..."
1961-05-28
7.683
en 128mDramaRomance
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.
Director
Daniel Petrie
Screenplay
Lorraine Hansberry
Producer
Ronald H. Gilbert
Theatre Play
Lorraine Hansberry
Producer
David Susskind
Editor
Paul Weatherwax
grave housewife racial segregation based on play or musical racism urban setting racial tension racial prejudice neighborhood discrimination angry complex cautionary dramatic condescending disrespectful enraged harsh
Status
ReleasedBudget
$1,500,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Columbia Pictures
