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A raisin in the sun full book7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. DCP.Īcademy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. CAST: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar. The Learning Tree DIRECTOR: Gordon Parks. ![]() CAST: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands. She was in her early sixties, and she was full-bodied and strong. With gorgeous Panavision lensing by veteran noir cinematographer Burnett Guffey, Parks eloquently renders the story of young a boy who learns the hard lessons of first love (and sex), life, death, and racism.Ī Raisin in the Sun DIRECTOR: Daniel Petrie. A moment after Walter left the apartment, his mother came out of her room. In his mid-50s at the time of its production, Parks renders his childhood in rural Kansas-don’t miss the nods to The Wizard of Oz (1939)-while adapting his semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. Photojournalist Gordon Parks was the first Black person to helm a Hollywood studio production with this film, also his feature directorial debut. Hansberry adapted her own work for this faithful film version which reunited nearly the entire stage cast, including such top acting talent as Claudia McNeil and Sidney Poitier as the clashing mother and son, Ruby Dee as Poitier’s wife, as well as Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett Jr., and Diana Sands. Lorraine Hansberry’s play about a family’s struggles to improve their status after the death of their patriarch was the first work by a Black female playwright to be produced on Broadway. ![]()
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