A Raisin in the sun / Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 Raisin in the sun. (Added Author). Susskind, David, 1920-1987 (Added Author). Petrie, Daniel. (Added Author). Poitier, Sidney. (Added Author). McNeil, Claudia. (Added Author). Dee, Ruby. (Added Author). Columbia Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. (Cast).

Summary:

Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (128 min.) : sound, black & white ; 1/2 in.
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, [1987]
Copyright: ©1987

Content descriptions

General Note:	VHS format. Videorecording of the motion picture released in 1961. Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producers, David Susskind and Philip Rose ; director, Daniel Petrie ; screenplay, Lorraine Hansberry.
Participant or Performer Note:	Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee.