Film Screening: A Raisin In The Sun (1961)

Join us for a screening of A Raisin In The Sun, along with popcorn and community fun!A Raisin In The Sun: A black family living in a cramped Chicago tenement in the 1940s has the opportunity to improve their social standing via an insurance-policy check, but are in disagreement about how best to spend the windfall. Lorraine Hansberry adapted the script from her hit Broadway play. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon©Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.- 127 minutes - Rated TV-PG Refreshments will be provided. Community Cinema is at a branch near you! Check out hundreds of other screenings at libraries across Chicago. Accessibility English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.