A Raisin in the Sun
United States • 1961 • 2h 8m
Director
#945Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorDaniel Petrie
WriterLorraine Hansberry
CinematographerCharles Lawton Jr.
ComposerLaurence Rosenthal
EditorPaul Weatherwax, William A. Lyon
ProducerRonald H. Gilbert, David Susskind, Philip Rose