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A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

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Synopsis:
During the 1950's in Chicago's South Side, the struggling Younger family anxiously await the arrival of a $10,000 life insurance check made out to Lena Younger, the family matriarch, from the estate of her late husband, Walter Lee. Lena would like to retire from her job as a domestic for a white family and dreams of escaping the claustrophobic, one-room tenement apartment to own a house, a dream she shared with her late husband. Her son Walter Lee, Jr., currently employed as a chauffeur, hopes to own a liquor store business. His wife Ruth is also a domestic in a white household and also hopes to live in a larger home. His sister Beneatha wants to go to medical school while also being pursued by two very different suitors. One is a wealthy black man preoccupied with superficial things while the other is a fellow classmate who stimulates her interest in exploring her intellectual and spiritual roots in Africa. When Lena decides to buy a home in an all-white residential neighborhood, the Younger family meets resistance from the home improvement association who are against the prospect of a black family moving into their neighborhood. To complicate things, Walter's business investment goes awry and the family's dreams and future seem lost along with the money.


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Cast

Name
Credits
Gene A Mack
Bartender

Sanaa Lathan
Beneatha Younger

Bill Nunn
Bobo

Earl McLean Jr
Bubba

John Stamos
Carl Lindner

Justin Martin
Cast

Elle Downs
Cocktail Waitress

Jean Daigle
Cop

Sandi Ross
Earline Johnson

Sean Patrick Thomas
George Murchison

David Oyelowo
Joseph Asagai

Phylicia Rashad
Lena Younger

James Kirchner
Mailman

Yanna McIntosh
Miss Tilly

Rudy Webb
Mr Johnson

Paul Stephen
Mr. Arnold

Rosemary Dunsmore
Mrs. Arnold

Emily Swiss
Priscilla Holiday

Audra McDonald
Ruth Younger

Demo Cates
Sax Player

Martin Roach
Walter Lee Sr.

Ron Cephas Jones
Willy Harris
Company

Name
Credits
Storyline Entertainment
Production Company

Zadan/Meron Productions
Production Company

Sony Pictures Television
Studio

Writers

Name
Credits
Lorraine Hansberry
Source Material

Paris Qualles
Teleplay

Producers

Name
Credits
Eric Schnall
Associate Producer

Brian Savelson
Associate Producer

Hal Goldberg
Associate Producer

Tim Christenson
Co-Producer

Royce Bergman
Co-Producer

Neil Meron
Executive Producer

Craig Zadan
Executive Producer

Susan Batson
Executive Producer

Carl Rumbaugh
Executive Producer

David Binder
Executive Producer

Jewell Nemeroff
Executive Producer

John M Eckert
Producer

Susan Batson
Producer

Arielle Tepper
Producer

Carl Rumbaugh
Producer

David Binder
Producer

Dede Harris
Producer

Vivek J Tiwary
Producer

Ruth Hendel
Producer

Jayne Baron Sherman
Producer

Barbara Whitman
Producer

Cynthia Stroum
Producer

Directors

Name
Credits
Kenny Leon
Director

Casting

Name
Credits
Tina Gerussi
Casting

Erica Jensen
Casting Assistant

Erica Jensen
Casting Associate

James Calleri
Casting Director

Jane Rogers
Extras Casting Background Casting
Production Management

Name
Credits
Marcel Saumure
Assistant Director

Michael Johnson
Assistant Director

Raj Singh
Assistant Director

Scott Brophy
Assistant Production Coordinator

Mark Logan
Location Manager

Cynthia Graves
Production Coordinator

Pasia Schonberg
Production Manager

Susan Marucci
Script Supervisor

John M Eckert
Unit Production Manager

Editor

Name
Credits
Trudy Yee
Assistant Editor

Melissa Kent
Editor

Camera, Film & Tape

Name
Credits
Gilles Corbeil
Camera Operator

Antony Ellis
Camera Operator

Ivan Strasburg
Director of Photography

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