A Raisin in the Sun: an Introduction

An introduction to the play, with interviews with Phylicia Rashad, the actors, and a number of scholars of Lorraine Hansberry and African American literature.  This video guide includes commentary on the play’s path to Broadway, biographical information about the Hansberry family’s fight for housing, the play’s cultural significance and Hansberry’s lasting legacy.

A Raisin in the Sun
By Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Phylicia Rashad
at Westport Country Playhouse
October 9 – November 3, 2012

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