Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry was born May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Her family challenged legal segregation, giving rise to the Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee. This might have inspired Hansberry to accomplish a first: The opening of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway on March 11, 1959, which was adapted to screenplay form for two feature films. No black female author had done the former before. The play's storyline about the Youngers, a black family trying out an integrationist vision of life in spite of societal racism, resonates with Hansberry's father's legal battle from a decade earlier. Although Hansberry had many writings published and wrote other plays, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window was her only other play that got a production during her life. In 1963, Hansberry received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, leading to her untimely death at the age of 34.

  • Titel: Lorraine Hansberry
  • Popularität: 1.984
  • Bekannt für: Writing
  • Geburtstag: 1930-05-19
  • Geburtsort: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Auch bekannt als: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
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Lorraine Hansberry Filme

  • 1978
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    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    1 1978 HD

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  • 2017
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    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    6.2 2017 HD

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  • 1961
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    Ein Fleck in der Sonne

    Ein Fleck in der Sonne

    7.638 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Ein Fleck in der Sonne

    Ein Fleck in der Sonne

    7.638 1961 HD

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  • 2008
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    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    6.125 2008 HD

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  • 2019
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    National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

    National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

    6 2019 HD

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  • 1969
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    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1972
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    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1959
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    The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

    5 1959 HD

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