TCM Monday 1/20
3:30 PM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
2h 8m | Drama | TV-PG
The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. When the patriarch of the family passes away and each family member is handed a slice of the insurance payoff, their escape finally seems possible.
Director: Daniel Petrie. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
5:45 PM The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
2h | Adaptation | TV=PG
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Director: John Korty. Cast: Cicely Tyson, Odetta, Josephine Premice
12:15 AM In the Heat of the Night (1967)
1h 49m | Suspense | TV-14
A black detective teams up with a racist white sheriff to solve a murder in a small town in the South. Over time, they begin to find respect for one another.
Director: Norman Jewison. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates