Film · Documentary
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
★ 6.2 · 4 votes1 h 58 minDocumentary2017
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.
- Director
- Tracy Heather Strain
- Writers
- Tracy Heather Strain
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 14, 2017
Cast
LaTanya Richardson JacksonNarrator (voice)
Anika Noni RoseLorraine Hansberry (voice)
Harry BelafonteSelf
Sidney PoitierSelf
Glynn TurmanSelf
Louis Gossett Jr.Self
Lorraine HansberrySelf (archive footage)- Shauneille PerrySelf
