A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun is a 2008 American period drama television film directed by Kenny Leon and starring Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and Sanaa Lathan. The teleplay by Paris Qualles is based on the award-winning 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry and is the third film adaptation of that play following the 1961 film that starred Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, and Diana Sands, and the 1989 TV version on PBS' American Playhouse starring Danny Glover, and Esther Rolle. A Raisin in the Sun debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.8 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008. Plot In 1959 Chicago, the Younger family is expecting a life insurance check of $10,000 after the death of Walter Lee’s father.Walter Lee wants to spend the money to invest in a liquor store with his partner Bobo, hoping that it will put an end to his wife Ruth and son Travis' financial troubles while his sister Beneatha, who had recently accepted a date with George Murchinson, would use it to pay her medical school tuition. Lena, the mother of Walter Lee, who had just quit her job, would rather spend it on a house she and her deceased husband Walter Lee Sr. "Big Walter" dreamed of. At the Green Hat club, Walter Lee and Bobo discuss how they will invest in their liquor store when Willy Harris, a friend, chips in by telling them how they can get their business license from people in Springfield and that they could move the business near the Green Hat, with Walter Lee and Bobo agreeing. The next day, Beneatha and Lena discover that Ruth has been pregnant for two months, with Ruth fearing for their financial issues as the new child would add to them. Beneatha invites Joseph over, who gives her some Nigerian music and a wrapper and an invite to dinner on Monday. Thinking that he has feelings for her, Beneatha scorns him. Later on, the check arrives, to Beneatha, Lena, Ruth, and Travis' joy, only for that joy to end when Walter Lee tells Lena about his future liquor business, much to Lena's dismay, who informs him of Ruth being pregnant and planning to get an abortion. Although Lena is against abortion, Walter Lee voices no objection to it.