Lorraine Hansberry : sighted eyes, feeling heart.
(eVideo)
Contributors
Strain, Tracy Heather, film director.
Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- contributor.
Richardson, LaTanya, 1949- contributor.
California Newsreel (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- contributor.
Richardson, LaTanya, 1949- contributor.
California Newsreel (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : California Newsreel, 2017., Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (118 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American dramatists -- Biography -- 20th century.
African American dramatists.
African American theater.
American drama -- 20th century.
American drama.
Documentary films.
Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Drama.
Dramatists, American.
Hansberry, Lorraine, -- 1930-1965.
Race relations.
Romance films.
Women dramatists -- 20th century.
Women dramatists.
African American dramatists.
African American theater.
American drama -- 20th century.
American drama.
Documentary films.
Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Drama.
Dramatists, American.
Hansberry, Lorraine, -- 1930-1965.
Race relations.
Romance films.
Women dramatists -- 20th century.
Women dramatists.
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Format
eVideo
Language
English
Notes
General Note
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Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2017.
Description
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.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.