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A Raisin in the Sun

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Director: Daniel Petrie

Cast: Claudia McNeil, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Ivan Dixon

Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil) is the matriarch of a family living in cramped quarters on Chicago's south side. Her husband has just died and she receives a check for $10,000 from the insurance company, quite a sizeable sum at the time. McNeil wants to get out of the ghetto and buy a decent house, then use the rest of the windfall to put her daughter through med school. But her angry, ambitious son (Sidney Poitier), has other ideas.

Genre: Drama

Year: 1961

Running time: 127 minutes

Territory: International

Studio: Sony

Format: 4K DCP

Language options: Dialogue - EN

Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil) is the matriarch of a family living in cramped quarters on Chicago's south side. Her husband has just died and she receives a check for $10,000 from the insurance company, quite a sizeable sum at the time. McNeil wants to get out of the ghetto and buy a decent house, then use the rest of the windfall to put her daughter through med school. But her angry, ambitious son (Sidney Poitier), has other ideas.




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