Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

The read

Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.

Synopsis

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.

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Key crew

• Tracy Heather StrainWriter
• Tracy Heather StrainDirector

Cast

• LaTanya Richardson JacksonNarrator (voice)
• Anika Noni RoseLorraine Hansberry (voice)
• Harry BelafonteSelf
• Sidney PoitierSelf
• Glynn TurmanSelf
• Louis Gossett Jr.Self
• Lorraine HansberrySelf (archive footage)
• Shauneille PerrySelf

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