A Raisin in the Sun
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2/25/2008Runtime
131 minsOverview
Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.
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A portrait of a working-class family at a crossroads, grappling with how to build a better life when every choice carries weight and consequence. The film is rooted in the specific struggles and dignity of Black life on the South Side of Chicago, examining what it means to hold onto hope when circumstances push back against it.
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Sean Combs
Walter Lee Younger
Sanaa Lathan
Beneatha Younger
Audra McDonald
Ruth Younger
Phylicia Rashād
Lena Younger
Bill Nunn
Bobo
David Oyelowo
Joseph Asagai
Ron Cephas Jones
Willy Harris
Sean Patrick Thomas
George Murchison
John Stamos
Carl Linder
Sandi Ross
Earline Johnson
Rudy Webb
Mr. Johnson
Martin Roach
Walter Lee Sr.
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