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To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

  • TV Movie
  • 1972
  • 1h 30m
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BiographyDrama

The life and times of Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American writer and political activist, whose semi-autobiographical 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun" became the first show on Broadway aut... Read allThe life and times of Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American writer and political activist, whose semi-autobiographical 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun" became the first show on Broadway authored by an African-American.The life and times of Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American writer and political activist, whose semi-autobiographical 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun" became the first show on Broadway authored by an African-American.

  • Director
    • Michael Schultz
  • Writers
    • Lorraine Hansberry
    • Robert Nemiroff
  • Stars
    • Ruby Dee
    • Al Freeman Jr.
    • Claudia McNeil
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    7.2/10
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    • Director
      • Michael Schultz
    • Writers
      • Lorraine Hansberry
      • Robert Nemiroff
    • Stars
      • Ruby Dee
      • Al Freeman Jr.
      • Claudia McNeil
    • 1Critic review
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    Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    • Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
    Al Freeman Jr.
    Al Freeman Jr.
    Claudia McNeil
    Claudia McNeil
    Lauren Jones
    Barbara Barrie
    Barbara Barrie
    Roy Scheider
    Roy Scheider
    Blythe Danner
    Blythe Danner
    • Self and other assorted characters
    • Director
      • Michael Schultz
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      • Lorraine Hansberry
      • Robert Nemiroff
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      First produced for the stage by Harry Belafonte, Chiz Schultz, and Edgar Lansbury.

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      • United States
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      • English
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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