Photo Coverage: 'A Raisin in the Sun' NY Screening & Panel

On Monday, February 4, the ABC Television Network and The New York Times presented a special screening and panel discussion at the Times Center in New York for the up-coming TV movie premiere of A Raisin in the Sun.

A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon, stars Sanaa Lathan, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Justin Martin, Audra McDonald, John Stamos, Phylicia Rashad.

ABC presents the Premiere Event of A Raisin in the Sun on Monday, February 25 (8-11PM EST) on the ABC Television Network.

A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of a family living and struggling in Chicago's South Side in the 1950s. A fiercely moving portrait of people whose hopes and dreams are constantly deferred, "A Raisin in the Sun" was the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. The highly anticipated special three-hour television movie adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun is based on the play that inspired a generation.

Photos by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd