Title A raisin in the sun / produced by John M. Eckert ; teleplay by Paris Qualles ; directed by Kenny Leon ; Bad Boy Films ; Storyline Entertainment ; Sony Pictures Television.

Publication Info.	Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]
	©2008

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	DVD RAISIN	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD RAISIN IN THE SUN	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD RAI	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD RAISIN	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	AD DVD RAISIN	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Adult Department	DVD RAISIN	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD RAISIN IN THE SUN	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs	DVD R	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD RAIS	Check Shelf

Edition	Anamorphic widescreen format (1.78:1).
Description	1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Cast	Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Justin Martin, Bill Nunn, David Oyelowo, Ron Cephas Jones, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Stamos.
Credits	Director of photography, Ivan Strasburg ; editor, Melissa Kent ; music by Mervyn Warren.
Note	Based on the play: A raisin in the sun / by Lorraine Hansberry.
	Originally produced for television in 2008.
	Special features: optional audio commentary by Leon; "Dreams worthwhile : the journey of 'A raisin in the sun'" featurette (23 min.).
Audience	Not rated Sony Picture Home Entertainment.
Summary	An African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago comes into a sudden financial windfall, the potential uses of which divides them bitterly.
Contents	Special features: audio commentary with director Kenny Leon -- "Dreams worthwhile: the journey of A raisin in the sun" featurette.
Language	In English, with optional English or French subtitles.
	Closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	African American families -- Drama.
	Life insurance -- United States -- Drama.
	Racism -- United States -- Drama.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- Drama.
	African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Fiction films.
	Made-for-TV movies.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Film adaptations.
Added Author	Eckert, John M.
	Qualles, Paris.
	Leon, Kenny.
	Diddy, 1969-
	Lathan, Sanaa.
	McDonald, Audra.
	Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
	Martin, Justin, 1994-
	Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016
	Oyelowo, David.
	Jones, Ron Cephas.
	Thomas, Sean Patrick.
	Stamos, John, 1963-
	Strasburg, Ivan.
	Warren, Mervyn.
	Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. Raisin in the sun.
	Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group.
	Storyline Entertainment (Firm)
	Sony Pictures Television.
	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN	1435905172
	9781435905177
Standard No.	043396249615
Music No.	24961 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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