Remake American Classic Tv-movie: A Raisin In The Sun

Please mark your calendar ---MUST SEE the challenges of remaking American Classic, "A RAISIN IN THE SUN".

TV channel: ABC TV-movie version

When: February 25, 2008 Monday at 8/7central.

Author: Lorraine Hansberry wrote in 1956 at age 26 took the title from Langston Hughes' "Harlem".

Description: a classic tale of domestic strife during the fledging civil rights era.

Cast: Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan, and Audra McDonald

Original movies: 1961 portrayed by Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee from Broadway hit stage to screen; and 1989 portrayed by Esther Rolle and Danny Glover on PBS' version that was nominated for three Emmys.