| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 945 |
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Criterion collection ; 945.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, wide screen presentation; Dolby mono. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil. |
| Note |
Wide screen (1.85:1). |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. |
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Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry. |
| Summary |
Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money. |
| Note |
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; interview from 1961 with playwright/screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry ; new interview with Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine ; episode of Theater talk from 2002 featuring producer Philip Rose and actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis ; excerpt from Black theatre: the making of a movement (1978), with a new introduction by director Woodie King Jr. ; new interview with film scholar Mia Mask, coeditor of Poitier revisited ; interview from 2002 with director Daniel Petrie ; trailer ; plus: an essay by scholar Sarita Cannon and author James Baldwin's 1969 tribute to Hansberry, "Sweet Lorraine." |
| Subject |
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
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Home ownership -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
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Insurance claims -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Petrie, Daniel, film director.
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Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965, screenwriter.
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Rose, Philip, 1921-2011, film producer.
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Susskind, David, 1920-1987, film producer.
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Dee, Ruby, actor.
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Poitier, Sidney, actor.
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McNeil, Claudia, actor.
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Columbia Pictures Corporation, presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681435022 |
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1681435020 |
| Standard No. |
715515220712 |
| Music No. |
CC2947D The Criterion Collection |
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