A Raisin in the Sun

When a newly widowed matriarch receives a $10000 life insurance check she soon learns her family has their own ideas on how to best spend the money. Special features: subtitles in english spanish portuguese korean and thai production notes talent files interactive menus scene selections and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 02/22/2000 Starring: Sidney Poitier Louis Gossett Jr. Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Nr

Lorraine Hansberry's play is given sensitive treatment by filmmaker Daniel Petrie (The Bay Boy). Sidney Poitier heads a fine cast in the story of an African American family in Chicago who are struggling with mixed aspirations, not enough money, conflicts over religion, and institutional racism. The film is pretty much set-bound (as plays adapted for the screen sometimes are), but the drama is intense and moving. --Tom Keogh