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Lorraine Hansberry

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Lorraine Hansberry

Born May 19, 1930 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died January 12, 1965 · aged 34

Lorraine Hansberry was born May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Her family challenged legal segregation, giving rise to the Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee. This might have inspired Hansberry to accomplish a first: The opening of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway on March 11, 1959, which was adapted to screenplay form for two feature films. No black female author had done the former before. The …

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A Raisin in the SunA Raisin in the Sun · 1961
A Raisin in the Sun
★ 7.71961
MovieDramaRomance
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.
A Raisin in the SunA Raisin in the Sun · 2008
A Raisin in the Sun
★ 6.12008
MovieDramaTV Movie
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.
To Be Young, Gifted and BlackTo Be Young, Gifted and Black · 1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
★ 7.01972
MovieDramaTV Movie
A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
National Theatre Live: Les BlancsNational Theatre Live: Les Blancs · 2019
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
★ 6.02019
MovieDrama
An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm.
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own WordsTo Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words · 1969
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969
Movie
Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's widower, and directed by Gene Frankel.
American PlayhouseAmerican Playhouse · 1982
American Playhouse
★ 6.61982
SeriesDramaComedy
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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