American Playhouse; No. 324; A Raisin in the Sun; Part 2

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Series
American Playhouse
Episode Number
No. 324
Episode
A Raisin in the Sun
Segment
Part 2
Producing Organization
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-q23qv3d939
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Description
Series Description
"When Lorraine Hansberry's searing drama A RAISIN IN THE SUN opened on Broadway in 1959 no one could foresee the impact this production would have not only on the American theatre, but on race relations in America as well. RAISIN was the first play written by a black woman to reach Broadway audiences, and it would become the first commercially successful, serious black drama. But it had an even greater impact on American society. Opening at a time when the simmering civil rights issue was about to explode into the open all across America, the play presented white audiences with a portrait of black Americans to which they had not been exposed earlier. Its vivid depiction of the conflicts within a black Chicago family contemplating a move into an all-white neighborhood stirred millions. "Now, 30 years later, American Playhouse has presented the most complete and definitive version ever produced. The three-hour production restores to the play two scenes unknown to the public, and others cut from the original production. 'This adaptation is not a remake of the movie,' says producer Chiz Schultz. 'It's startlingly new and exciting.' Combining high drama, transcendent humanity and often side-splitting humor, the play confronts the American Dream through the survival struggle of a ghetto family whose conflicting visions of a better life are brought within reach when the father dies, leaving a $10,000 insurance annuity. This sudden windfall unleashes the conflicting dreams of the Younger family. Ambition, heartbreak, generational conflict, the power of love and a mother's heroic struggle to hold her family together are the universals of this powerful drama. Etched within it are Hansberry's prophetic themes of black identity, beauty, pride and the imperatives of liberation. 'At its deepest level,' says Schultz, 'A RAISIN IN THE SUN is a celebration of the human spirit and of one family's refusal to sacrifice human dignity at any price.'"--1989 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1989-02-01
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
01:01:37.578
Credits
Producing Organization: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-88744df6fca (Filename)
Format: U-matic
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Citations
Chicago: “American Playhouse; No. 324; A Raisin in the Sun; Part 2,” 1989-02-01, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-q23qv3d939.
MLA: “American Playhouse; No. 324; A Raisin in the Sun; Part 2.” 1989-02-01. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-q23qv3d939>.
APA: American Playhouse; No. 324; A Raisin in the Sun; Part 2. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-q23qv3d939