A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
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A deeply human family drama rooted in racial injustice and economic struggle, where intimate bonds and conflicting dreams collide against systemic oppression.
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.
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