Directed by:
Daniel PetrieCinematography:
Charles Lawton Jr.Composer:
Laurence RosenthalCast:
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., George DeNormand, Bob Sweeney, Roy Glenn, Joel Fluellen (more)VOD (1)
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Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be on Broadway and is now an immortal part of the theatrical canon. Two years after its premiere, the production came to the screen, directed by Daniel Petrie. The original stars—including Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee—reprise their roles as members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money. Vividly rendering Hansberry’s intimate observations on generational conflict and housing discrimination, Petrie’s film captures the high stakes, shifting currents, and varieties of experience within black life in midcentury America. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Sidney Poitier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387863_857bca.png)
Sidney Poitier
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
![Claudia McNeil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538343_95e00f.jpg)
Claudia McNeil
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
![Ruby Dee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274209_eee107.jpg)
Ruby Dee
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
![Diana Sands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/908/162908432_9b74e3.jpg)
Diana Sands
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
![Ivan Dixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279863_309c97.jpg)
Ivan Dixon
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
![John Fiedler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396111_b5208b.jpg)
John Fiedler
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
![Louis Gossett Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405843_318767.jpg)
Louis Gossett Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The White Dawn (1974)
![George DeNormand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/923/159923513_2f8dca.jpg)
George DeNormand
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
![Bob Sweeney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193954_891677.jpg)
Bob Sweeney
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Marnie (1964)
Roy Glenn
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
![Joel Fluellen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/032/161032807_6ad03d.jpg)
Joel Fluellen
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Steven Perry
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Sound And The Fury (1959)
Escape From Atlantis (1997) (TV movie)