| Description |
1 streaming video file (118 min.) : flv file, sound, color with black and white sequences |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (3:23); Hansberry's Family (4:13); Hansberry's Childhood (5:59); Death of Hansberry's Father (2:00); Moving to New York City (6:08); Hansberrry's Marriage (4:48); Impact of "The Second Sex" (6:41); Hansberry's Writing Career (2:18); "A Raisin in the Sun": Origination (8:20); "A Raisin in the Sun": Complications (4:45); "A Raisin in the Sun": Plot (4:09); Addressing the First Conference of Negro Writers (7:15); Successful Playwright (5:40); Hottest Ticket on Broadway (6:01); Hansberry's Divorce (5:13); Lack of Community (2:57); Birmingham, 1963 (6:45); Civil Rights Advocate (3:12); "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window": Preparation (4:06); Hansberry's Declining Health (6:16); Musings From Home (1:52); "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window": Premiere (4:14); "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window": Closed (6:33); Credits: Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (3:59) |
| Summary |
This documentary sheds valuable light on all aspects of Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, including the daunting challenge of securing investment and a venue for this production about a working class Black family, the casting process, artistic debates and finally its public reception. The film features interviews with the play's original cast members, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Glynn Turman, director Lloyd Richards, producer Phil Rose, supporter Harry Belafonte as well as writer Amiri Baraka along with excerpts from the 1961 Hollywood movie. Additionally the film reveals how central feminism was to her ideas and boldly acknowledges (using her diary entries) her same gender relationships and private lesbian identity before the appearance of the gay rights movement |
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"The Life and Work of a Treasured American Playwright." |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally produced as a episode of the PBS television series American masters in 2017; per Internet movie database, first broadcast January 19, 2018 as episode 1 of season 32 |
| Credits |
Editors, Randall MacLowry, Chad Ervin ; music composer, Don Byron ; cinematographers, Jonathan Weaver, Austin de Besche, Nikki Bramley, Rick Butler, Keith Walker |
| Performer |
Narrator, LaTanya Richardson Jackson ; Lorraine Hansberry voiceover, Anika Noni Rose ; Alexandria King (as Lorraine Hansberry) |
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Interviewees: Michael Anderson, Ann Bannon, Amiri Baraka, Harry Belafonte, Timuel Black, William Branch, Dorothy Burnham, Steven Carter, Charles Davis, Ruby Dee, Burt D'Lugoff, Harry Elam, Louis Gossett, Jr., Mamie Hansberry, Clarence Jones, Lynn Nottage, Imani Perry, Shauneille Perry, Sidney Poiter, Lloyd Richards, Philip Rose, Marie Rupert, Joan Sandler, Judith Smith, Glynn Turman, Douglas Turner Ward, Mary Helen Washington, Margaret Wilkerson, Edie Windsor |
| Event |
Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2017 |
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Closed-captioned |
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Peabody Award, 2018 |
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John O'Connor Film Award, 2019 |
| Subject |
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
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| SUBJECT |
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. fast (OCoLC)fst00005613 |
| Subject |
Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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African American theater.
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Race relations.
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African American dramatists -- Biography -- 20th century
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American drama -- 20th century
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Women dramatists -- 20th century
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African American dramatists.
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African American theater.
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American drama.
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Dramatists, American.
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Race relations.
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Women dramatists.
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Biographical films.
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Biographies.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Documentaires.
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Films biographiques.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Strain, Tracy Heather, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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MacLowry, Randall, film producer, editor of moving image work.
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Richardson, LaTanya, 1949- narrator.
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Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- voice actor.
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King, Alexandria Danielle, actor.
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Ervin, Chad, editor of moving image work.
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Byron, Don, composer (expression)
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Weaver, Jonathan (Cinematographer), director of photography.
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De Besche, Austin, director of photography.
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Bramley, Nikki, director of photography.
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Butler, Rick, director of photography.
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Walker, Keith (Cinematographer), director of photography.
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California Newsreel (Firm), presenter, film distributor.
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American Masters Pictures, production company, sponsoring body.
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Lorraine Hansberry Documentary Project, LLC, production company.
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Film Posse (Firm), production company, sponsoring body.
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Chiz Schultz, Inc., production company.
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Independent Television Service, production company
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Black Public Media, production company.
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National Endowment for the Humanities, sponsoring body.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sponsoring body.
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Ford Foundation, sponsoring body.
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JustFilms (Firm), sponsoring body.
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National Endowment for the Arts, sponsoring body.
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LEF Foundation, sponsoring body.
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Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, sponsoring body
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Illinois Humanities Council, sponsoring body.
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Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
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