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A Raisin in the Sun: The Unfilmed Original Screenplay
Contributor(s): Hansberry, Lorraine (Author), Nemiroff, Robert (Editor)
ISBN: 0452267765     ISBN-13: 9780452267763
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
OUR PRICE:   $13.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 1992
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Annotation: The 1961 film version of A Raisin in the Sun, with a screenplay by the author, won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, even though one-third of the actual screenplay had been cut out. This completely restored screenplay is the accurate and authoritative edition of Hansberry's script, and a testiment to her accomplishment as a black woman artist.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | American - African American
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Performing Arts | Screenplays
Dewey: 812.54
LCCN: 92053556
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.38" W x 8.06" (0.51 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 12793
Reading Level: 4.9   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Under the editorship of the late Robert Nemiroff, with a provocative and thoughtful introduction by preeminent African-American scholar Margaret B. Wilkerson and a commentary by Spike Lee, this completely restored screenplay is the accurate and authoritative edition of Lorraine Hansberry's script and a testament to her unparalled accomplishment as a Black artist.

The 1961 film version of A Raisin in the Sun, with a screenplay by the author, Lorraine Hansberry, won an award at the Cannes Film Festival even though one-third of the actual screenplay Hansberry had written had been cut out. The film did essentially bring Hansberry's extraordinary play to the screen, but it failed to fulfill her cinematic vision.

Now, with this landmark edition of Lorraine Hansberry's original script for the movie of A Raisin in the Sun that audiences never viewed, readers have at hand an epic, eloquent work capturing not only the life and dreams of a Black family, but the Chicago--and the society--that surround and shape them.

Important changes in dialogue and exterior shots, a stunning shift of focus to her male protagonist, and a dramatic rewriting of the final scene show us an artist who understood and used the cinematic medium to transform a stage play into a different art form--a profound and powerful film.