A Raisin in the Sun is a 2008 American period drama television film directed by Kenny Leon and starring Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and Sanaa Lathan.

Walter Lee, an impoverished limousine driver, wants to invest the money in a liquor store with his partner Bobo, hoping that it will put an end to his wife Ruth and son Travis' financial troubles while his sister Beneatha, who had recently accepted a date with a prosperous neighbor, George Murchinson, intends to use it to pay her medical school tuition.

A man from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association named Karl Lindner arrives to offer the Youngers money in return for staying away, but they refuse the deal.

"[2] Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and Sanaa Lathan reprised the roles they played in the 2004 Broadway revival, which also was directed by Kenny Leon.

In his review in Variety, Dennis Harvey said, "Strong performances and a brisk pace downplay the original script's more dated, preachy aspects.

No one will mistake this well-produced but inevitably dialogue-driven piece for pure cinema, but Leon and adapter Paris Qualles open up the play just enough to avoid the usual stage-to-screen claustrophobia.

Rashad beautifully captures the wounded pride and hopes of the older generation, while the rapper and music entrepreneur Combs holds his own in his first major movie role.

"[4] In The Wall Street Journal, Drothy Rabinowitz observed the three-hour production "flies by with lightning speed - and that cast led by Ms. Rashad as Lena, is no small part of the reason.

"[5] Joanne Ostrow of the Denver Post said, "Overall, this Raisin is a proud, important addition to the history of stage adaptations for TV, one that could touch many more millions of people than ever saw the play, thanks both to its star power and the reach of the medium.