Film · 1989

A Raisin in the Sun

Name: A Raisin in the Sun
Director: Bill Duke
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1989-02-01

171 min · Directed by Bill Duke

Drama TV Movie

7.05
ratings

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

Starletta DuPois

Ruth Younger

Lou Ferguson

Joseph Asagai

John Fiedler

Karl Lindner

Danny Glover

Walter Lee Younger

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Bobo

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Kimble Joyner

Travis Younger

Helen Martin

Mrs. Johnson

Joseph C. Phillips

George Murchison

Esther Rolle

Lena 'Mama' Younger

Kim Yancey

Beneatha 'Bennie' Younger

Crew

Director: Bill Duke
Producer: Robert Nemiroff, Toni Livingston, Chiz Schultz, Jaki Brown
Editor: Gary Anderson
Production Design: Thomas Cariello
Art Direction: Fredda Slavin
Composer: Edward Bland

Details

Studios: American Playhouse, Fireside Entertainment, KCET
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: February 1, 1989

Themes

dreamsracial segregationbased on play or musicalracismfamilyracial tensionmoving

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