Release Date

14 Oct, 2017

Runtime

01:58: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.

Original Title

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

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Actors

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Anika Noni Rose

Harry Belafonte

Sidney Poitier

Glynn Turman

Louis Gossett Jr.

Lorraine Hansberry

Shauneille Perry

Crew

Michael Kantor

Sally Jo Fifer

Chad Ervin

Randall MacLowry

Tracy Heather Strain

Tracy Heather Strain

Austin De Besche

Jonathan Weaver

Keith Walker

Nikki Bramley

Rick Butler

Chiz Schultz

Junko Tsunashima

Tracy Heather Strain