Lorraine Hansberry Movies

  • 1961
    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

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    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...

    A Raisin in the Sun
  • 2008
    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

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    Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves...

    A Raisin in the Sun
  • 2017
    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

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    On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
  • 1969
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

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    Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted...

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
  • 1978
    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

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    This documentary explores the growth and development of black theatre from its earliest roots, also examining its close ties with the civil rights...

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
  • 2019
    National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

    National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

    National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

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    An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial...

    National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
  • 1972
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

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    A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black