Daniel Petrie's A Raisin In The Sun
In the “Raisin in the Sun” directed by Daniel Petrie in 1961 shows the struggle of an African American family with dreams that are deferred, during the Harlem renaissance. The film shows how African American dreams where deferred and how the faith in their dreams where slowly giving up on them. Daniels Petrie film portrayed African Americans struggling trying to fulfill their dreams with financial problems. During the Harlem renaissance African Americans were poor and barely making it in America. The main characters in the film “Raisin in the Sun” where Walter lee (the son of Lena), Beneatha (the sister of Walter lee and daughter of Lena) and Lena (the mother). These characters portrays an important role on African Americans during the Harlem
renaissance.
The film takes place in the south side of Chicago during the 1950s. The film portrayed the Younger family an African American family living on the south side of Chicago in a one bed room apartment. The Younger family is a family with deferred dreams because of financial problems. The younger family is depending on a insurance check from the decease father/ father-in-law to fulfill their dreams. As the film goes on the family clash with each other competing with each other with dreams they want to fulfill with the insurance money which is ten thousand dollars.
Throughout the film each character portrayed a role. Walter lee is describe as a African American man working for the white man in Chicago providing for his family. Walter also has a dream of owning his own liquor store in Chicago Walter wants to use the insurance money to invest in the liquor store. Lena is portrayed as a mother with dreams that was also deferred, but is thankful for what she have Lena and her husband dreams where deferred because of financial problems. Beneatha
renaissance.
The film takes place in the south side of Chicago during the 1950s. The film portrayed the Younger family an African American family living on the south side of Chicago in a one bed room apartment. The Younger family is a family with deferred dreams because of financial problems. The younger family is depending on a insurance check from the decease father/ father-in-law to fulfill their dreams. As the film goes on the family clash with each other competing with each other with dreams they want to fulfill with the insurance money which is ten thousand dollars.
Throughout the film each character portrayed a role. Walter lee is describe as a African American man working for the white man in Chicago providing for his family. Walter also has a dream of owning his own liquor store in Chicago Walter wants to use the insurance money to invest in the liquor store. Lena is portrayed as a mother with dreams that was also deferred, but is thankful for what she have Lena and her husband dreams where deferred because of financial problems. Beneatha