To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words


To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
Directed byGene Frankel
Directed by
Gene Frankel
Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's widower, and directed by Gene Frankel.
short film
Last Updated: November 7, 2025





