A raisin in the sun / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie.

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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...

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Uniform Title:	Raisin in the sun (Motion picture : 1961)
Corporate Authors:	Paman-Doris (Firm) (Production company) Columbia Pictures Corporation (Presenter) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Petrie, Daniel (Film director) Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 (Screenwriter) Rose, Philip, 1921-2011 (Film producer) Susskind, David, 1920-1987 (Film producer) Poitier, Sidney (Actor) McNeil, Claudia (Actor) Dee, Ruby (Actor) Sands, Diana (Actor) Dixon, Ivan, 1931-2008 (Actor) Fiedler, John, 1925-2005 (Actor) Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024 (Actor) Perry, Stephen, 1952- (Actor) Fluellen, Joel, 1907-1990 (Actor) Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 (Actor) Glenn, Roy, 1915-1971 (Actor) Lawton, Charles, 1904-1965 (director of photography.) Lyon, William A., 1903-1974 (Editor of moving image work) Weatherwax, Paul (Editor of moving image work) Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926- (composer (expression))
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:	Two-DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 945.
Subjects:	Hansberry, Lorraine, > 1930-1965 > Film adaptations. African American families > Illinois > Chicago > Drama. Home ownership > Illinois > Chicago > Drama. Insurance claims > Drama. Hansberry, Lorraine, > 1930-1965. African American families. Home ownership. Insurance claims. Illinois > Chicago. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Format:	Video DVD