Synopsis:

This is the film adaptation of the theatre play that premiered on Broadway in 1959, starring, both in theatre and on film, Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee as Walter Lee and Ruth Younger. The couple lives in an apartment in Chicago with Walter’s mother Lena and sister Beneatha. As a poor black family, they experience many obstacles. Walter works as a driver and is unhappy with the fact that he cannot take better care of his family.

b/w, 128'