
A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
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Release Date
5/28/1961Runtime
128 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$1,500,000Revenue
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A searing family drama that captures the pressure and indignity of systemic racism through the intimate struggle of one household. Watching it means confronting rage, aspiration, and the impossible choices that come with powerlessness.
Mood
AngryTenseDefiantMournful
Themes
FamilyRaceIdentityClassPower
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticDocumentary-like
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Racial violence
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