In the following 2018 program, Mia Mask, film scholar and editor of “Poitier Revisited,” describes the behind-the-scenes clashes between actors Claudia McNeil and Sidney Poitier during the theatrical production of A RAISIN IN THE SUN, the racism the cast experienced during the filming, and how the role of Walter Lee Younger stands apart from Poitier’s other film performances.
This 2002 episode of the television program “Theater Talk” explores the making of A RAISIN IN THE SUN on Broadway. It features a conversation with actor Ruby Dee; the play’s producer, Philip Rose; and actor Ossie Davis, who took over the part of Walter Lee Younger from Sidney Poitier.
Directed by Woodie King Jr. in 1978, the documentary BLACK THEATRE: THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT traces the influence of A RAISIN IN THE SUN and the birth of a new kind of theater out of the civil rights movement. This introduction by King was recorded in June 2018.
Directed by Woodie King Jr. in 1978, the documentary BLACK THEATRE: THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT traces the influence of A RAISIN IN THE SUN and the birth of a new kind of theater out of the civil rights movement. The following forty-minute excerpt features interviews with important figures of the mo...
