A Raisin in the Sun(1961)

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Synopsis

The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. When the patriarch of the family passes away and each family member is handed a slice of the insurance payoff, their escape finally seems possible. Each has a dream, each dream costs money, and each dream has a catch that threatens to tear the family apart.
The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. When the patriarch of the family passes away and each family member is handed a slice of the insurance payoff, their …
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In Theaters

  • April 1961

Genres

Adaptation, Drama

Run Time

2 hours 8 minutes

Distributors

Columbia Pictures

Director

CAST

Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger

Ruby Dee

Ruth

Diana Sands

Beneatha

Ivan Dixon

Asagai

John Fiedler

Mark Lindner
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