A Raisin in the Sun (1989)

Synopsis: This television adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning play explores black family life on the eve of the Civil Rights Movement and showcases her work in its entirety. After her... This television adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning play explores black family life on the eve of the Civil Rights Movement and showcases her work in its entirety. After her husband dies, sturdy matriarch Lena Younger collects $10,000 from her insurance company. She yearns to move her family from its rough neighborhood on Chicago's South Side to a safer, more prosperous life in the suburbs. Each family member, though, has a wish of his or her own. Eldest daughter Beneatha longs to attend medical school, and short-sighted son Walter Lee, on the other hand, hopes to invest the cash in a liquor store. As the Younger family prepares to realize the American Dream, it risks falling apart in an urban nightmare of opportunism and bigotry. [More]

Starring: Danny Glover, Esther Rolle, Starletta Dupois, Lou Ferguson

Starring: Danny Glover, Esther Rolle, Starletta Dupois, Lou Ferguson, John Fiedler, Stephen Henderson, Kimble Joyner, Helen Martin, Joseph C. Phillips

Director: Bill Duke

Director: Bill Duke

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