This socially conscious drama about a struggling African-American family is the original movie version of Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning play. Lena Younger is a strong, proud woman who has raised a family in a crowded apartment on the South Side of Chicago. Her son Walter Lee (Sidney Poitier) works as a chauffeur; his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee) takes in laundry to help make ends meet; and her younger daughter Beneatha (Diana Sands) is a college student who wants to become a doctor. On the death of her husband, Lena becomes the beneficiary of a $10,000 life insurance payment, and suddenly the family is in conflict over how the money should be spent. The movie stars Claudia McNeil, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands. Reservations required