🎬 Drama, Romance

A Raisin in the Sun

"The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions..."

⭐ 7.7/10 1961 2h 8m Dir. Daniel Petrie

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Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

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7.7/10 149 votes

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Year
1961
Runtime
2h 8m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.7/10
Votes
149
Genre
Drama, Romance
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$1.5M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Romance 🎬 Daniel Petrie 👤 Sidney Poitier 👤 Claudia McNeil 👤 Ruby Dee
grave housewife racial segregation based on play or musical racism urban setting racial tension racial prejudice neighborhood discrimination angry complex

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Questions about A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun has a runtime of 2h 8m (2 hours and 8 minutes).
A Raisin in the Sun was directed by Daniel Petrie and released in 1961.
A Raisin in the Sun is a Drama, Romance film (1961).
The cast of A Raisin in the Sun includes Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon.
A Raisin in the Sun has a TMDB rating of 7.7/10 based on 149 votes.

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