AwardsDocumentary About A Raisin in the Sun Playwright Lorraine Hansberry Wins Peabody AwardThe PBS American Masters film explores the life and legacy of the first African-American female playwright to have a show on Broadway.
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Dan Meyer
April 17, 2019
Lorraine Hansberry
PBS' American Masters documentary on theatre legend Lorraine Hansberry has won a 2018 Peabody Award.
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is a tribute to the woman who is well-remembered for A Raisin in the Sun and her commitment to social justice work.
The film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, uses personal writings, home movies, and photographs to tell the life of the author. Also included are interviews with friends and family, including Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, and Louis Gossett, Jr. Tony winner Anika Noni Rose, who appeared in the 2014 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, provides the voice of Hansberry.
Tracy Heather Strain directed the film with LaTonya Richardson Jackson narrating. Jackson, whostarred alongside Rose and Denzel Washington in the most recent A Raisin in the Sun revival, is currently onstage in To Kill a Mockingbird.
As previously reported, stage and screen legend Rita Moreno was also honored by the Peabody Awards, becoming the first Latinx recipient of the Career Achievement Award.
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A First Look at Denzel Washington, Anika Noni Rose and Cast in Broadway's A Raisin in the Sun
A First Look at Denzel Washington, Anika Noni Rose and Cast in Broadway's A Raisin in the Sun
The Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson, began performances March 8 at the Barrymore Theatre, where the original production of Raisin in the Sun opened 55 years ago. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Denzel Washington in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
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David Cromer, Bryce Kyle Jenkins, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington and Sophie Okonedo in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
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Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
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Sophie Okonedo, Denzel Washington and Anika Noni Rose in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
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Denzel Washington and Sophie Okonedo in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
