Elizabeth Carlson

Extraordinary cast and play. Beautiful direction as a movie. As a teacher I used to think teaching Raison in The Sun was for an earlier time and no longer applied. . After watching this today and the events for the past week and four years under the Trump administration I realize how permanent it is right now in 2021. Highly recommended. For all audiences. The “raisin in the sun is from the Langston Hughes poem about dreams being differed. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? The dream is about Walter, his late father , and his family. Lessons are about race yes but more importantly about not giving up on a dream even even when it appears to be lost..