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A raisin in the sun / Columbia Pictures ; screenplay, Lorraine Hansberry ; producers, David Susskind and Philip Rose ; director, Daniel Petrie.
LIBRA DVD 012 121
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Columbia classics
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Thai
- Subjects (All):
- Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965--Film adaptations.
- Hansberry, Lorraine.
- Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
- African American families--Drama.
- African American families.
- Racism.
- African Americans.
- History.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- African Americans--History--20th century--Drama.
- African Americans in motion pictures.
- Racism--Illinois--Chicago--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Blaxploitation films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen version, side A ; full screen version, side B.
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, [1999]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
- Participant:
- Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; editors, William A. Lyon and Paul Weatherwax ; music, Laurence Rosenthal.
- Notes:
- Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry.
- Originaly released as a motion picture in 1961.
- Special features, production notes, talent files, theatrical trailer, interactive menus, scene selections.
- ISBN:
- 0767828062
- OCLC:
- 43778792
- Publisher Number:
- 043396009196
- 00919 Columbia Tristar
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