grave,housewife,racial segregation,based on play or musical,racism,urban setting,racial tension,racial prejudice,neighborhood,discrimination,angry,complex,cautionary,dramatic,condescending,disrespectful,enraged,harsh

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

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The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

Cast & Crew

Director
Daniel Petrie
  • Profile picture of Sidney Poitier
    Walter Lee Younger Sidney Poitier
  • Profile picture of Claudia McNeil
    Lena Younger Claudia McNeil
  • Profile picture of Ruby Dee
    Ruth Younger Ruby Dee
  • Profile picture of Diana Sands
    Beneatha Younger Diana Sands
  • Profile picture of Ivan Dixon
    Asagai Ivan Dixon
  • Profile picture of John Fiedler
    Mark Lindner John Fiedler
  • Profile picture of Louis Gossett Jr.
    George Murchison Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Profile picture of Stephen Perry
    Travis Younger Stephen Perry

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Keywords

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  • housewife
  • racial segregation
  • based on play or musical
  • racism
  • urban setting
  • racial tension
  • racial prejudice
  • neighborhood
  • discrimination
  • angry
  • complex
  • cautionary
  • dramatic
  • condescending
  • disrespectful
  • enraged
  • harsh