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The Resource A raisin in the sun, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie

A raisin in the sun, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie

Label
A raisin in the sun
Title
A raisin in the sun
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Presenter
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. 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
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Raisin in the sun (Motion picture : 1961)
  • Raisin in the sun (Motion picture : 1961)
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Credits note
Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; film editors, William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax ; music, Laurence Rosenthal
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.R345 2018
PerformerNote
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett, Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terkel, Roy Glenn
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1930-1965
  • 1921-2011
  • 1920-1987
  • 1931-2008
  • 1925-2005
  • 1936-
  • 1952-
  • 1907-1990
  • 1912-2008
  • 1915-1971
  • 1904-1965
  • 1903-1974
  • 1926-
  • 1930-1965
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  • Petrie, Daniel
  • Hansberry, Lorraine
  • Rose, Philip
  • Susskind, David
  • Poitier, Sidney
  • McNeil, Claudia
  • Dee, Ruby
  • Sands, Diana
  • Dixon, Ivan
  • Fiedler, John
  • Gossett, Louis
  • Perry, Stephen
  • Fluellen, Joel
  • Terkel, Studs
  • Glenn, Roy
  • Lawton, Charles
  • Lyon, William A.
  • Weatherwax, Paul
  • Rosenthal, Laurence
  • Hansberry, Lorraine
  • Paman-Doris (Firm)
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
128
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
945
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  • African American families
  • Home ownership
  • Insurance claims
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
A raisin in the sun, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/012/158/000000000012158557.jpg
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title and credits from screen
  • Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
  • Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio)
  • Special features: disc one. New, restored 4K digital transfer ; interview from 1961 with playwright/screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry ; A dream realized: 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 -- disc two. 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."
Accompanying material
1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc one. [Feature film and supplements] -- disc two. [Supplements]
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (128 min.)
Isbn
9781681435022
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515220712
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2947D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1053848641
  • (OCoLC)1053848641
System details
  • DVD; region 1 NTSC; 16:9 wide screen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby digital mono; black & white
  • DVD
Video recording format
DVD
Label
A raisin in the sun, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/012/158/000000000012158557.jpg
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title and credits from screen
  • Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
  • Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio)
  • Special features: disc one. New, restored 4K digital transfer ; interview from 1961 with playwright/screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry ; A dream realized: 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 -- disc two. 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."
Accompanying material
1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc one. [Feature film and supplements] -- disc two. [Supplements]
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (128 min.)
Isbn
9781681435022
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515220712
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2947D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1053848641
  • (OCoLC)1053848641
System details
  • DVD; region 1 NTSC; 16:9 wide screen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby digital mono; black & white
  • DVD
Video recording format
DVD

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