Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

118 mins | Documentary | Oct. 14, 2017

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.

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

118 mins | Documentary | Oct. 14, 2017

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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.
Producers Independent Television Service (ITVS), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Independent Film Producers (IFP), American Masters Pictures, National Endowment For The Arts, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Black Public Media (BPM)
Original title Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Directors Tracy Heather Strain
Writers Tracy Heather Strain

Cast

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

as Narrator (voice)

Anika Noni Rose

as Lorraine Hansberry (voice)

Harry Belafonte

as Self

Sidney Poitier

as Self

Glynn Turman

as Self

Lorraine Hansberry

as Self (archive footage)