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A Raisin in the Sun

2008 · 131 min

A slow, dialogue-driven family drama that feels like a stage play, with raw emotional confrontations and a poignant look at dreams deferred.

Overview
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • race
  • identity
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Kenny Leon
Written by
Paris Qualles
Starring
Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashād, Bill Nunn, David Oyelowo, Ron Cephas Jones, Sean Patrick Thomas
Music
Mervyn Warren
Cinematography
Ivan Strasburg
Runtime
131 min
Country
United States of America, Canada
Languages
English

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