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

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Call Number: PN1997 .R159 2018 VideoDVD
Issues: discs 1-2 & Booklet
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