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Sidney

And they asked me, "What are you doing?" I said I was just tryingto hitch a ride back to...

Sidney • 2022
And they asked me, "What are you doing?" I said I was just trying
to hitch a ride back to town

Full Transcript

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And they asked me, "What are you doing?"
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I said I was just trying to hitch a ride back to town.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:29
Uploaded
Mar 26, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Harpo Productions,Network Entertainment,Hudlin Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.
He pulls out his pistol, - Sidney 00:10
He pulls out his pistol,
And he put it right up against my head. - Sidney 00:05
And he put it right up against my head.
And he said to his compatriots, - Sidney 00:35
And he said to his compatriots,
For the next 50 or more blocks, - Sidney 00:18
For the next 50 or more blocks,
All the way back to the little street - Sidney 00:11
All the way back to the little street
And at that point, they just simply drove on. - Sidney 00:05
And at that point, they just simply drove on.
Within a matter of a few months, - Sidney 00:11
Within a matter of a few months,
And I would witness the application of that power. - Sidney 00:07
And I would witness the application of that power.
I knew by then I had to get out of town. - Sidney 00:06
I knew by then I had to get out of town.
I didn't know that I would ever find - Sidney 00:09
I didn't know that I would ever find
I heard from some guys that there was a place - Sidney 00:09
I heard from some guys that there was a place
I got to New York at the Greyhound bus station - Sidney 00:07
I got to New York at the Greyhound bus station
And I walked out on the street, - Sidney 00:09
And I walked out on the street,
He says, "How are you doing?" And I said, "Fine." - Sidney 00:19
He says, "How are you doing?" And I said, "Fi...
So I said, "Okay." - Sidney 00:09
So I said, "Okay."
Then I heard this rumbling, rumbling up. - Sidney 00:05
Then I heard this rumbling, rumbling up.
And I followed people who were getting off, - Sidney 00:06
And I followed people who were getting off,
Black artists were just very present in Harlem. - Sidney 00:06
Black artists were just very present in Harlem.
You knew what the measure of an artist was then. - Sidney 00:05
You knew what the measure of an artist was then.
So, this is the way in which this era - Sidney 00:07
So, this is the way in which this era