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Additional authors

1. Columbia Pictures Corporation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81112559
2. Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94034365
3. Dee, Ruby.
4. Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
5. McNeil, Claudia.
6. Petrie, Daniel.
7. Poitier, Sidney.
8. Rose, Philip, 1921-2011.
9. Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926-
10. Susskind, David, 1920-1987.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.

Series statement

1. Columbia classics

Subject

1. Portugese language materials > Videorecordings
2. Racism > Illinois > Chicago > Drama
3. Korean language materials > Videorecordings
4. Feature films
5. Spanish language materials > Videorecordings
6. Minorities > Illinois > Chicago > Drama
7. Chinese language materials > Videorecordings
8. Video recordings for the hearing impaired
9. Thai language materials > Videorecordings
10. Film adaptations
11. DVDs
12. African American families > Illinois > Chicago > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Feature films.
2. Film adaptations.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
2. Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry.
3. Dual-sided DVD. Widescreen version on one side; normal version ("formatted to fit your TV") on the other.

Credits (note)

1. Music by Laurence Rosenthal.

Performer (note)

1. Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee.

Audience (note)

1. MPAA rating: Not rated.

System details (note)

1. DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital, mono.

Language (note)

1. English dialogue, English, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, Korean and Thai subtitles; Closed-captioned.