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Title:

A raisin in the sun (DVD #415) [DVD] / / Columbia Pictures ; producers, David Susskind and Philip Rose ; screenplay writer, Lorraine Hansberry ; director, Daniel Petrie.

Format:

[DVD] /

Publisher:

Columbia Tristar Home Video

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Spanish language materials--Videorecordings.
Korean language materials--Videorecordings.
Minorities--Chicago--Chicago--Drama.
Chinese language materials--Videorecordings.
Portugese language materials--Videorecordings.
Racism--Chicago--Chicago--Drama.
African American families--Chicago--Chicago--Drama.
Thai language materials--Videorecordings.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Film adaptations.
DVDs.

Other Authors:

Susskind, David, 1920-1987.
Rose, Philip, 1921-
Poitier, Sidney.
McNeil, Claudia.
Dee, Ruby.
Petrie, Daniel.
Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926-
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm).

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry. Dual-sided DVD. Widescreen version on one side; normal version ("formatted to fit your TV") on the other. Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee.

Summary:

Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.

Series:

Columbia classics

ISBN:

0767828062
9780767828062

UPC:

043396009196

Locations:

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)