A Raisin in the Sun

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

5/28/1961

Runtime

128 mins

Overview

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

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,500,000

Revenue

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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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