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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Drama Romance

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

Release Date: 1961, May 28
Directors: Daniel Petrie
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures
Cast: John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Ruby Dee, George DeNormand, Sidney Poitier, Roy Glenn, Joel Fluellen, Ivan Dixon, Ray Stubbs, Thomas D. Jones, Steven Perry, Claudia McNeil

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

complex racism dramatic grave cautionary based on play or musical urban setting discrimination racial prejudice enraged harsh angry neighborhood condescending disrespectful racial segregation housewife racial tension