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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
Directed by Tracy Heather Strain
Overview
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 first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.
Length 118 minutes
Actors
LaTanya Richardson Jackson | Anika Noni Rose | Harry Belafonte | Sidney Poitier | Glynn Turman | Louis Gossett Jr. | Lorraine Hansberry | Shauneille Perry