A raisin in the sun
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Susskind, David, 1920-1987.
Rose, Philip, 1921-2011.
Poitier, Sidney
McNeil, Claudia.
Dee, Ruby.
Published
[Culver City, Calif.] : [Columbia Tristar Home Video], [1999].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
On Shelf
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Published
[Culver City, Calif.] : [Columbia Tristar Home Video], [1999].
Language
English
UPC
043396009196

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
General Note
Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry.
General Note
Dual-sided DVD. Widescreen version on one side; normal version ("formatted to fit your TV") on the other.
Creation/Production Credits
Music by Laurence Rosenthal.
Participants/Performers
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee.
Description
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
System Details
DVD format, region 1 encoding, Dolby digital, mono.
Language
English dialogue, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai subtitles; Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Minorities -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Racism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Spanish language video recordings.
Video recordings.
Other Subjects
Afronorteamericanos -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Teatro.
Chinese language materials -- Video recordings.
DVDs.
Familia -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Teatro.
Feature films.
Korean language materials -- Video recordings.
Minorías -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Teatro.
Portuguese language materials -- Video recordings.
Thai language materials -- Video recordings.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.