https://peertube.lyclpg.itereva.pf/videos/watch/9b8465b8-7605-47c0-ba7b-fb1b67d61eb4 Author and scholar Imani Perry ("Looking for Lorraine") discusses the ongoing significance and relevance of Lorraine Hansberry’s most influential play, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, and the lauded film adaptation of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier — who turns 94 today. Rapidly adapted to the screen from Hansberry's smash-hit stage play, A RAISIN IN THE SUN focuses on the Youngers, an impoverished family living on the south side of Chicago who receive an unexpected windfall when matriarch Lena (Claudia McNeil) is granted a $10,000 insurance settlement from the death of her husband. While Lena wants to use the money to move the family into a more upscale, all-white neighbourhood, her ambitious and strong-willed son Walter (Poitier) tries to convince her to invest it in a liquor store he is sure will be a moneymaker. Reuniting the original cast of the stage production — with Ruby Dee providing a wonderful counterpoint to her friend Poitier as Walter's wife, Ruth — A RAISIN IN THE SUN is a Hollywood landmark for its progressive politics and sensitive, realistic depiction of contemporary African American life. http://tiff.net Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:31:21 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.lyclpg.itereva.pf https://peertube.lyclpg.itereva.pf/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.lyclpg.itereva.pf/videos/watch/9b8465b8-7605-47c0-ba7b-fb1b67d61eb4 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.lyclpg.itereva.pf/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.