A Raisin in the Sun
Sidney Poitier is on fire, as usual, in this play adaptation -- something in the vein of A Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Poitier's family faces racial prejudice as it moves into a new home in an all-white neighborhood while entering an ill-advised business venture that leaves them penniless. The struggle to triumph in the face of adversity transcends the film being pegged as a civil rights picture, and thanks to the leadership of Poitier, a classic is born.
Rating
4.0 out of 5 Stars
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- Director: Daniel Petrie
- Producer: Philip Rose, David Susskind
- Screenwriter: Lorraine Hansberry
- Stars: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Stephen Perry
- MPAA Rating: NR
- Year of Release: 1961
- Released on Video: 01/01/1980
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