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A Raisin in the Sun : Lena Receives the Check

Matriarch Lena (Claudia McNeil) finally receives their family's life insurance check for $10,000. Her son, Walter (Sidney Poitier), returns home to see the check, wanting to use the money to open a liquor store.

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beat, action, beat, emotion, beat, general, close-up, dialogue, interior, low angle, match on action, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, pan, shallow focus, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman

"Lena Receives the Check" in A Raisin in the Sun. Directed by Daniel Petrie, Columbia Pictures, 1961, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2906

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