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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Representation in Hollywood
Learn about the challenges of adapting a play into a screenplay in this video [5:16] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Hansberry wanted control over the changes made to her play for the movie...
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Pbs: L. Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/feeling Heart Writing, Politics, and Compassion
Explore how Lorraine Hansberry's work rests at the intersection of writing, politics, and compassion in this video [1:58] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. In 1959, just weeks before A Raisin...
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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Hansberry's Writing Process
Learn about the story behind the writing of A Raisin in the Sun in this video [5:57] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, and how Hansberry's feelings about the purpose of writing are reflected...
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Pbs Learning Media: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Theater as Protest
Discover how art and drama can be used to address difficult societal issues in this video [5:39] from the American Masters film Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Learn how critics and the public responded to the...
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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Role of Women in the 1950s
Explore the role of women in the 1950s in this video [6:39] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Incorporating footage of women in the 1950s, Lorraine Hansberry's life, and scenes from the film...
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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: American Dream Deferred
In this video [2:56] from the American Masters film Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, students learn how the play A Raisin in the Sun explores the impact of dreams deferred. Inspired by the famous Langston Hughes poem...