A Raisin in the Sun- Comparison Between Old Movie and New Movie

Nearly evvery person has a dream. Few fortunate ones, such as Martin Luther King, are able to live there dream. However, there are some unfortunate people who fail to achieve it. Either way one has to accept the reality and if needed, move on. There are many stories written in which the importance of dreams is expressed. The most controversial and brave of its time is A raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hanseberry. This play was filmed in 1961 by Columbia Pictures and a new version came out in 2008. the 2008 version was directed by Kenny Leon. While Leon brought his own vision of the play, screen writer Paris Qualles, brought new version by adding numerous scenes to hansberry's original play. Hansberry's motive behind writitng A Raisin in the Sun was to aware the white's about the African-American dreams in the play. The play revolves around the younger familiy, Lena, her daughter Beneatha and son Walter, along with Walter's wife (Ruth) and son ( Travis). Beneatha's dream is made very clear in the play which is to be a docter Ruthe wants her own home Walter wants to own business of a liquior store Lena dreams of equal nights and Travis dream is to have his own bedroom. While they all have dreams, the chances of them coming true are very low. For the chances they do have require extremely hard work. The reason is that, they are a African-American familiy who are struggling to get their identity and rights in a world where white people rule. This idea of racism is the main idea of A Rasin in the Sun. The old version of A Rasin in the Sun was released in the time period if the conflict between the whites and the colored. In result to this, Columbia Pictures was not able to express the idea od racism very openly. However, There are several scences among all the added scenes which furthur express the idea of racism. There are some scenes which good relations between white and black people are shown. There are also some scenes that show the mistreatment with the