
A Raisin in the Sun - The Criterion Collection
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Release Date: 01/10/2018
Edition: Restored
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: Drama
Region Code: Region B
Certificate: 12
Label: Criterion Collection
Actors: John Fielder, Joel Fluellen, Stephen Perry, Roy E. Glenn, Louis Gossett Jr, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon
Director: Daniel Petrie
Number of Discs: 1
Duration: 128 minutes
Audio Languages: English
Subtitle Languages: English
Sidney Poitier stars in this screen version of the play by Lorraine Hansberry. When the Younger family receive a substantial insurance payment after the death of their patriarch, the money provides each of them with the opporunity to escape from their cramped Chicago apartment. Walter Lee (Poitier) wants to buy a liquor store, his mother Lena (Claudia McNeil) wants a house and Walter's sister Ruth (Ruby Dee) needs the money to complete medical school. Will they ever agree on how to spend the money?
Special Features: Bonus Footage, Documentaries: Excerpt of 'The Black Theatre Movement: From 'A Raisin in the Sun' to the Present', a 1978 documentary with new introduction from director Woodie King Jr., Interviews: Interview from 1961 with playwright and screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry; Interview with Imani Perry, author of 'Looking for Lorraine' on the real-life events on which the play is based; Interview with film scholar Mia Mask, editor of 'Poitier Revisited', Episode of 'Theater Talk' from 2001 featuring producer Philip Rose and actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Trailers