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Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.
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.
October 14, 2017
American Masters Pictures, ITVS
8 people
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Narrator (voice)
Acting
Anika Noni Rose
Lorraine Hansberry (voice)
Acting
Harry Belafonte
Self
Acting
Sidney Poitier
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Acting
Glynn Turman
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Acting
Louis Gossett Jr.
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Acting
Lorraine Hansberry
Self (archive footage)
Writing
Shauneille Perry
Self
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