Philip Rose

Philip Rose is associated with: Purlie

Movies Starring Philip Rose (2)

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002)

Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun. ...

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)

Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City at the start of his career; his involvement in the US civil-rights movement; and efforts to end apartheid i ...

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Movies Made By Philip Rose (2)

Purlie (1981)

Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bri ...

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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall. ...

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