A Raisin in the Sun
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kenny Leon
Sean Combs
Phylicia Rashad
Audra Mcdonald
Sanaa Lathan
John Stamos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
During the 1950's in Chicago's South Side, the struggling Younger family anxiously await the arrival of a $10,000 life insurance check made out to Lena Younger, the family matriarch, from the estate of her late husband, Walter Lee. Lena would like to retire from her job as a domestic for a white family and dreams of escaping the claustrophobic, one-room tenement apartment to own a house, a dream she shared with her late husband. Her son Walter Lee, Jr., currently employed as a chauffeur, hopes to own a liquor store business. His wife Ruth is also a domestic in a white household and also hopes to live in a larger home. His sister Beneatha wants to go to medical school while also being pursued by two very different suitors. One is a wealthy black man preoccupied with superficial things while the other is a fellow classmate who stimulates her interest in exploring her intellectual and spiritual roots in Africa. When Lena decides to buy a home in an all-white residential neighborhood, the Younger family meets resistance from the home improvement association who are against the prospect of a black family moving into their neighborhood. To complicate things, Walter's business investment goes awry and the family's dreams and future seem lost along with the money.
Director
Kenny Leon
Cast
Sean Combs
Phylicia Rashad
Audra Mcdonald
Sanaa Lathan
John Stamos
Sean Patrick Thomas
David Oyelowo
Bill Nunn
Ron Cephas Jones
Justin Martin
Sandi Ross
Rudy Webb
Martin Roach
Rosemary Dunsmore
Paul Stephen
Emily Swiss
Yanna Mcintosh
Jean Daigle
Daniel Warry-smith
Elle Downs
James Kirchner
Earl Mclean
Gene A Mack
Demo Cates
Crew
Tracey Armstrong
Susan Batson
Susan Batson
Royce Bergman
David Binder
David Binder
Karen Bromley
Scott Brophy
Jamie Burke
Susan Cahill
James Calleri
Rory Cheyne
Tim Christenson
Veronica Ciandre
Sean Combs
Sean Combs
Gilles Corbeil
Christopher Dean
Alan M Decker
Joanie Diener
John Eckert
John Eckert
Antony Ellis
Douglas Ganton
Tina Gerussi
Hal Goldberg
Cynthia Graves
Sonia Grazian
Roslyn Hanchard
Lorraine Hansberry
Dede Harris
Patdro J Harris
Ruth Hendel
Dave Hill
Frederick Howard
Erica Jensen
Erica Jensen
Michael Johnson
Patricia Keighran
Melissa Kent
Mark Logan
Susan Marucci
Bruce Mclean
Neil Meron
Jewell Nemeroff
Mark Nicholson
Gersha Phillips
Paris Qualles
Vic Rigler
Jane Rogers
Carl Rumbaugh
Carl Rumbaugh
Marcel Saumure
Brian Savelson
Eric Schnall
Pasia Schonberg
Jayne Baron Sherman
Raj Singh
Ivan Strasburg
Cynthia Stroum
Franco Tatta
Quinn Taylor
Arielle Tepper
Clive Thomasson
Vivek J. Tiwary
Nello Torri
Helen Verno
Mervyn Warren
Barbara Whitman
Trudy Yee
Craig Zadan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for three 2008 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie (Phylicia Rashad), Outstanding Made For Television Movie, and Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie (Audra McDonald) by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Aired in United States February 25, 2008
Aired in United States January 2008
Aired in United States May 13, 2008
Based on Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 Broadway play, "A Raisin in the Sun". The show was the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
Picked up to production for the 2007-2008 season.
Aired in USA on ABC Network February 25, 2008. Originally scheduled to air in 2007.
Began shooting November 25, 2006 and completed shooting December 23, 2006.
