Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.
2017 | 118m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Tracy Heather Strain |
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| Writer: | Tracy Heather Strain |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 14, 2017 |
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| Director: | Tracy Heather Strain |
| Writer: | Tracy Heather Strain |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | civil rights |
| Production Companies | ITVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Independent Film Producers (IFP), American Masters Pictures, National Endowment for the Arts, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Black Public Media |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| LaTanya Richardson Jackson | Narrator (voice) |
| Anika Noni Rose | Lorraine Hansberry (voice) |
| Harry Belafonte | Self |
| Sidney Poitier | Self |
| Glynn Turman | Self |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | Self |
| Lorraine Hansberry | Self (archive footage) |
| Shauneille Perry | Self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tracy Heather Strain | Writer, Director |
| Austin De Besche | Director of Photography |
| Nikki Bramley | Director of Photography |
| Chad Ervin | Editor |
| Jonathan Weaver | Director of Photography |
| Rick Butler | Director of Photography |
| Randall MacLowry | Editor |
| Keith Walker | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
| Michael Kantor | Executive Producer |
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