A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Sidney Poitier - Movies I've Viewed (17 person items)

" (1961) Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier"

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"A Raisin in the Sun (Daniel Petrie, 1961) "

A Raisin in the Sun

“I must confess that this version of A Raisin in the Sun was the very first that I have watched, including stage shows and tv movies. I have known the basics of the plot – generational conflict, white flight, economic unease, striving for a better life for your family – but had never actually read or seen Lorraine Hansberry’s seminal work.   Like many great works of art, A Raisin in the Sun remains timeless even if the specifics of the plot have aged. Her characters are fully rounded and richly developed on the page, and this is before we even get into the actor’s breathing vital life into them, and her themes throb with anxiety and are filled with nuance. The scars of red-lining, white flight, and shrunken opportunities for black Americans remain relevant topics. The lyrics hav” read more

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" Mama: Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When he’s done good and made things easy for everybody? That ain’t the time at all. It’s when he’s at his lowest……and he can’t believe in himself because the world’s whipped him so!"