6.2Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017) is a Documentary film directed by Tracy Heather Strain, starring LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Harry Belafonte.
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.
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorraine Hansberry, Shauneille Perry
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Find a movie by describing itOn 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.
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart was released in 2017.
The cast includes LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier.
