A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
With Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Stephen Perry, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr.
Directed by Daniel Petrie
A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr. (in his film debut), and based on the 1958 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry, which was not published until 1959. It follows an African-American family that wants a better life away from Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun was released by Columbia Pictures on May 29, 1961.
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