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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
Directed by Tracy Heather Strain
“Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.”
Documentary · 1h 58m
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.
Cast
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Anika Noni Rose
Harry Belafonte
Sidney Poitier
Glynn Turman
Louis Gossett Jr.
Lorraine Hansberry
Crew
- Director
- Tracy Heather Strain
- Writer
- Tracy Heather Strain
- Director of Photography
- Austin De Besche, Jonathan Weaver, Keith Walker, Nikki Bramley, Rick Butler
- Editor
- Chad Ervin, Randall MacLowry
- Producer
- Tracy Heather Strain, Randall MacLowry
Details
- Release date
- 2017-10-14
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- American Masters Pictures, ITVS, Black Public Media, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts, Ford Foundation / JustFilms, Independent Film Producers (IFP)