To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Ruby Dee
• Al Freeman Jr. 
• Lauren Jones 
• Claudia McNeil 
• Barbara Barrie 
• Roy Scheider 
• Blythe Danner 

Storyline
When "A Raisin in the Sun" opened on Broadway, the world of literature had found an exciting new voice. In her words, her letters, poems, diaries and plays, there is a uniquely gifted vision of one who left us so young, yet left us so enriched. This is the portrait of Lorraine Hansberry.