Peabody Award Winner John E. O’Connor Award winner The American Historical Association Named 2019 Notable Video by the American Library Association NAACP Image Award winner May 19, 2020 would have been Lorraine Hansberry’s 90th birthday. On that date, New York's Town Hall sponsored a special virtual event “Lorraine Hansberry: Black Radical”. Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain and Hansberry biographer Prof. Imani Perry were in conversation with host Melay Araya. The program is archived .
Lorraine Hansberry wrote the classic play A Raisin in the Sun . Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (broadcast on PBS' American Masters Series in January 2018) is the first ever feature documentary on her complex life and it explores both her artistic achievements and political activism. The film features interviews with the play’s original cast members, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Glynn Turman, director Lloyd Richards, producer Phil Rose, supporter Harry Belafonte as well as