--- title: 'A Raisin in the Sun (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'Daniel Petrie' released: '1961-01-01' runtime_minutes: 128 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-raisin-in-the-sun-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055353/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # A Raisin in the Sun (1961) 1961 · 128 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr., and based on the 1958 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry, which was not published until 1959. It follows an African-American family that wants a better life away from Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun was released by Columbia Pictures on May 29, 1961. ## Credits - **Director:** [Daniel Petrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-petrie-2) - **Screenplay:** [Lorraine Hansberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorraine-hansberry) - **Original Music Composer:** [Laurence Rosenthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-rosenthal) - **Producer:** [Philip Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-rose) - **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lawton Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lawton-jr) - **Editor:** [William Lyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-lyon) ## Cast - [Joel Fluellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-fluellen) - [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier) - [Ruby Dee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruby-dee) - [Roy Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-glenn) - [Diana Sands](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-sands) - [Louis Gossett Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-gossett-jr) - [Stephen Perry](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-perry) - [John Fiedler](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-fiedler) - [Claudia McNeil](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-mcneil) - [Ivan Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-dixon) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-raisin-in-the-sun-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1304498); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.