Director Daniel Petrie's highly acclaimed drama is a seminal portrait of African American life in the mid-1950s, based on Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play, that achieved critical and commercial success at a time when the viability of a black audience or a white crossover audience was not considered a possibility. Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil), the stalwart matriarch of an impoverished black family, dreams of owning a nice home in a tidy, integrated suburb. In the meantime, she shares a small apartment on Chicago's South Side with her underemployed adult son, Walter (Sidney Poitier); his emotionally resilient wife, Ruth (Ruby Dee); their child, Travis (Stephen Perry); and her daughter, Beneatha (Diana Sands). Though there's plenty of love in the family, the close quarters breed desperation and discontent. But Lena's prayers are finally answered when she receives a $10,000 insurance policy her husband left behind. The money becomes a symbol for freedom for each member of the Younger family: Lena sees it as a ticket out of the ghetto and into a home of her own, Walter sees it as a chance to regain his dignity and start his own business, while Beneatha dreams of medical school. Their internal struggle threatens to tear the Younger family apart in this moving and claustrophobic vision of life in the bigoted and oppressive environment of a 1950s tenement. Petrie's film features strong and captivating performances from the cast, reprising their 1959 Broadway roles.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN is a penetrating drama which relates the plight of a poor black family living in a tiny Chicago tenement and their struggle to survive in the prejudiced and tense surroundings.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo Surround - English
Subtitles - Chinese - Optional
Subtitles - English - Optional
Subtitles - Korean - Optional
Subtitles - Portuguese - Optional
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Subtitles - Thai - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
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Production Notes
Talent Files

Sidney Poitier: American Actor, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
Claudia McNeil: Actress/"Roll Of Thunder"
Louis Gossett: African American actor, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
Ruby Dee: Actress, married to Ossie Davis
Diana Sands: American Actress
Ivan Dixon: Kinchloe of TV's "Hogan's Heroes"
Stephen Perry: American Actor, A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)
Joel Fluellen: American Character Actor

Daniel Petrie: Director/Producer, A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)

David Susskind: Producer
Philip Rose: 

Laurence Rosenthal: American Composer

William A. Lyon: American Editor
Paul Weatherwax: Editor