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[©1999]
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1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
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
Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry
Dual-sided DVD. Widescreen version on one side; normal version ("formatted to fit your TV") on the other
Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital, mono
English dialogue, English, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, Korean and Thai subtitles; Closed-captioned