Ratings

TMDB Rating 6.2
IMDB Rating 8.3
RottenTomatoes Rating 100%

Financials

Revenue: $0

Budget: $0

Profit: - $0


Movie Details

Tag Line: Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.

Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Oct 14, 2017

Rating:

Run Time: 1h 58m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: American Masters Pictures , ITVS , Black Public Media (BPM) , Corporation for Public Broadcasting , National Endowment for the Arts , JustFilms / Ford Foundation , Independent Film Producers (IFP)


Genres


Keywords


People Rated This

None of your friends have rated this title yet

Watch Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Purchase (Rent or Buy this movie)

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.


Main Cast

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Age : 74 | Popularity : 10%

Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose

Lorraine Hansberry (voice)

Age : 51 | Popularity : 11%

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Self

Age : 97 | Popularity : 8%

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Self

Age : 97 | Popularity : 20%

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Self

Age : 77 | Popularity : 29%

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Self

Age : 87 | Popularity : 19%

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Self (archive footage)

Age : 34 | Popularity : 4%

Shauneille Perry

Shauneille Perry

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Camera Director of Photography
Rick Butler
Rick Butler
Austin De Besche
Austin De Besche
Keith Walker
Keith Walker
Nikki Bramley
Nikki Bramley
Jonathan Weaver
Jonathan Weaver
Production Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer
Sally Jo Fifer
Michael Kantor
Michael Kantor
Directing Director
Tracy Heather Strain
Tracy Heather Strain
Writing Writer
Tracy Heather Strain
Tracy Heather Strain
Editing Editor
Randall MacLowry
Randall MacLowry
Chad Ervin
Chad Ervin
Department Role Name

Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment