Must see --- A Raisin in the Sun

I first heard about this as a play on Broadway. Heard it was a huge success, they decided to turn it into a TV special. I became even more excited to see it after I saw an Oprah episode that featured the cast.

I got to see it at home today with my Mom (thank God for days off!) and we both agreed, with teary eyes, that our afternoon was well spent.

"A Raisin in the Sun" tells the story of a family living and struggling on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s. A fiercely moving portrait of people whose hopes and dreams are constantly deferred, Ms. Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" was the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. It premiered in 1959 with a cast that included Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett Jr. The critically acclaimed work was honored with the 1959 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best American play. A Columbia Pictures feature with the same cast followed in 1961. The classic, still-relevant story now will be showcased in this totally new television movie adaptation.