A RAISIN IN THE SUN

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• Release Year: 1961
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 'One of the most powerful films to grace the 1961 screen' - Hollywood Citizen-News; ; A Raisin In The Sun is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit, featuring an electrifying performance by Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier (Best Actor, Lilies of the Field, 1963).; ; The Younger family, frustrated with living in their crowded Chicago apartment, sees the arrival of a $10,000 insurance check as the answers to their prayers. Matriarch Lena Younger (Caudia McNeil) promptly puts down a payment on a house in an all-white suburban neighborhood. But the family is divided when Lena entrusts the balance of the money to her mercurial son Walter Lee (Poitier), against the wishes of her daughter (Diana Sands) and daughter in law (Ruby Dee). It takes the strength and integrity of this African-American family to battle against generations of prejudice to try to achieve their piece of the American Dream.
• Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terrel, Roy Glenn, George DeNormand, Thomas D. Jones, Rudolph Monroe, Ray Stubbs, Diana Sands, Daniel Petrie
• Director: Daniel Petrie
• Runtime: 2:08
• Company: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie