A raisin in the sun
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Petrie, Daniel film director.
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965, screenwriter.
Rose, Philip, 1921-2011, film producer.
Susskind, David, 1920-1987, film producer.
Poitier, Sidney actor.
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) 
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LC Subjects
African American families -- Drama
Chicago (Ill.) -- Drama.
Feature films
Fiction films
Home ownership -- Drama.
Insurance claims -- Drama.
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515220712

Notes

General Note
Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
General Note
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; interview from 1961 with playwright/screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry ; new interview with Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine ; Poitier's Walter Lee: new interview with film scholar Mia Mask, coeditor of Poitier revisited ; interview from 2002 with director Daniel Petrie ; trailer ; episode of Theater talk from 2002 featuring producer Philip Rose and actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis ; excerpt from Black theatre: the making of a movement (1978), with a new introduction by director Woodie King Jr. ; in booklet: an essay by scholar Sarita Cannon and author James Baldwin's 1969 tribute to Hansberry, "Sweet Lorraine."
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; film editors, William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax ; music by Laurence Rosenthal.
Participants/Performers
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett, Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terkel, Roy Glenn.
Description
Members of an African American family live in a cramped Chicago apartment. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.
System Details
DVD; region 1 NTSC; 16:9 wide screen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby digital monaural.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
National Film Registry selection, 2005.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Petrie, D., Hansberry, L., Rose, P., Susskind, D., Poitier, S., McNeil, C., Dee, R., Sands, D., Dixon, I., Fiedler, J., Gossett, L., Jr., Perry, S., Fluellen, J., Terkel, S., & Glenn, R. (2018). A raisin in the sun (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Daniel Petrie et al.. 2018. A Raisin in the Sun. [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Daniel Petrie et al.. A Raisin in the Sun [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection, 2018.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Petrie, D., Hansberry, L., Rose, P., Susskind, D., Poitier, S., McNeil, C. and Dee, R. et al (2018). A raisin in the sun. Two-DVD special edn. [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Petrie, Daniel, et al. A Raisin in the Sun Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2018.

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