Raisin in the Sun
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A raisin in the sun tells the story of an African-American family that struggles to maintain a life while dealing with poverty and racism and the problems that come with it, showing us how it affects not only economically but emotionally as well.
The movie stars Walter Lee (Sidney Poitier) a man with many ambitions but very little money, who shares a very small apartment with his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee), son Travis, mother Lena (Claudia McNeil) and sister Beneatha. While struggling to keep there life going, Lena awaits a check for ten thousand dollars of an insurance policy left by her husband after passing away. She plans to use part of it to pay for her daughter Beneathas education, who had always wanted to become doctor, and the rest to pay for other family needs. When the check finally arrives Walter asks his mother for the money to invest it in a liquor store with two friends. Lane not wanting to have anything to do with a liquor establishment refuses to give him any money. Walter becomes very frustrated once he realizes that he will not be able to fulfill his dream of giving a better life to his family and that no one understands his views. And when the news of Ruth being pregnant arrives, a family that has already begun to fall apart becomes even worse. When Lena realizes this, she decides to buy a new house with the money she has received and gives what is left of it to her son, tells him to save half of it to pay for Beneatha education and put the other half into a checking account to use is it when needed. Walter instead of doing what he is asked, uses all the money to start the liquor store, by giving it to one of his friends to start setting it up...