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Just by saying,
"Come in this room and talk to us." If the decade 1968 through 1978
was about talent seizing opportunity, there's no better tribute
to that motivation than the reinvention of Sidney Poitier, who turned himself
into a blue-collar straight man in Uptown Saturday Night
"Come in this room and talk to us." If the decade 1968 through 1978
was about talent seizing opportunity, there's no better tribute
to that motivation than the reinvention of Sidney Poitier, who turned himself
into a blue-collar straight man in Uptown Saturday Night
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Just by saying,
"Come in this room and talk to us."
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If the decade 1968 through 1978
was about talent seizing opportunity,
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there's no better tribute
to that motivation
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than the reinvention of Sidney Poitier,
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who turned himself
into a blue-collar straight man
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in Uptown Saturday Night.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.