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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 14, 2017

Original Title:
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Alternate Titles:
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
American Masters Pictures
Black Public Media (BPM)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
ITVS
Independent Film Producers (IFP)
JustFilms / Ford Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 118

Artist. Activist. Rebel. Visionary.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Director:
Tracy Heather Strain

Director of Photography:
Austin De Besche
Jonathan Weaver
Keith Walker
Nikki Bramley
Rick Butler

Editor:
Chad Ervin
Randall MacLowry

Executive Producer:
Michael Kantor
Sally Jo Fifer

Writer:
Tracy Heather Strain

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