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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)

Documentary

Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.

Release Date: 2017, October 14
Directors: Tracy Heather Strain
Countries: United States of America
Production: American Masters Pictures, ITVS, Black Public Media, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Independent Film Producers (IFP)
Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

civil rights