Search - A Raisin in the Sun on DVD

Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 03/09/2004 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 53 mins Studio: Monterey Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Family Drama, Urban Drama, Social Problem Film

Raisin in the Sun is a 1989 TV adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 Broadway play (previously filmed in 1962). An African-American family hopes to use a $10,000 legacy left them by the family's late father to move out of the Chicago projects and into a white neighborhood. Spearheading the move is matriarch Esther Rolle, who wants to open more opportunity doors for herself and her family. Rolle's son Danny Glover is bitter about the move; he'd hoped to use the inheritance to open his own business. Most of the play involves the heated battles between the idealistic Rolle and the hostile Glover, who feels that moving into an all-white suburb will hinder rather than help his future. For the purposes of this version, a scene from the play that was removed during its original Broadway run is reinstated. Originally broadcast February 1, 1989, Raisin in the Sun was the eighth-season opener for PBS' American Playhouse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Esther Rolle - Lena Younger
Danny Glover - Walter Lee Younger

Part of the American Playhouse series, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun comes to DVD for the first time from Monterey Home Video. Directed by Bill Duke, this 1989 PBS production stars Danny Glover and Esther Rolle. Presented with a standard full-frame transfer and Dolby Digital Stereo Sound. Closed captions are accessible. Special features include "About the Author," "In Her Own Words," "About the Cast," "About the Play," and a study guide. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide