Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)

6.2 118 min Movie
Documentary

Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.

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.

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Cast

LaTanya Richardson Jackson LaTanya Richardson Jackson Narrator (voice)
Anika Noni Rose Anika Noni Rose Lorraine Hansberry (voice)
Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte Self
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier Self
Glynn Turman Glynn Turman Self
Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Gossett Jr. Self
Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Hansberry Self (archive footage)
Shauneille Perry Shauneille Perry Self

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