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A new exhibition, “Twice Militant: Lorraine Hansberry’s Letters to The Ladder” examines a lesser-known aspect of the life of the award-winning author of the landmark play A Raisin in the Sun, who died in 1965 at the age of thirty-four. The exhibition features documents and publications addressing Hansberry’s identification as a feminist and a lesbian, and will be on view in the Herstory Gallery of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art from November 22, 2013, through March 16, 2014.

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Screening tonight in Toronto! On Friday, September 8, 2017, the world premiere of Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, a documentary about playwright Lorraine Hansberry, opens as an OFFICIAL SELECTION at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Written and directed by Tracy Heather Strain, the film is narrated by award-winning actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson and features the voice of Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose as Lorraine Hansberry.