Daniel Petrie's A Raisin In The Sun
In the “Raisin in the Sun” directed by Daniel Petrie in 1961 shows the struggle of an African American family with dreams that are deferred, during the Harlem renaissance. The film shows how African American dreams where deferred and how the faith in their dreams where slowly giving up on them. Daniels Petrie film portrayed African Americans struggling trying to fulfill their dreams with financial problems. During the Harlem renaissance African Americans were poor and barely making it in America. The main characters in the film “Raisin in the Sun” where Walter lee (the son of Lena), Beneatha (the sister of Walter lee and daughter of Lena) and Lena (the mother). These characters portrays an important role on African Americans during the Harlem