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Sidney

And I asked my mother, "What is that?" And she said, "That's a car." I said, "What is a...

Sidney • 2022
And I asked my mother, "What is that?" And she said, "That's a car." I said, "What is a car?" And she described it to me.
I was fascinated

Full Transcript

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And I asked my mother, "What is that?"
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And she said, "That's a car."
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I said, "What is a car?"
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And she described it to me. I was fascinated.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:36
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.
As we walked the streets, I saw glass windows - Sidney 00:07
As we walked the streets, I saw glass windows
But she is standing opposite another woman who looks exactly like her. - Sidney 00:08
But she is standing opposite another woman who looks exactly...
And whatever the woman is doing, the other one is doing. - Sidney 00:06
And whatever the woman is doing, the other one is doing.
But I hadn't... I didn't know there were such things as mirrors. - Sidney 00:05
But I hadn't... I didn't know there were such thin...
Do you hear me? I didn't know what a mirror was. - Sidney 00:05
Do you hear me? I didn't know what a mirror was.
There was one white person on Cat Island. - Sidney 00:06
There was one white person on Cat Island.
When I got to Nassau, I saw other white people, - Sidney 00:09
When I got to Nassau, I saw other white people,
Black people were 90% of the population. - Sidney 00:06
Black people were 90% of the population.
I ran with a group of guys who were pretty much my age. - Sidney 00:06
I ran with a group of guys who were pretty much my age.
Within a matter of months, - Sidney 00:07
Within a matter of months,
And my dad decided - Sidney 00:07
And my dad decided
I left the Bahamas at 15 with this sense of myself. - Sidney 00:07
I left the Bahamas at 15 with this sense of myself.
I had ten and a half years of it on Cat Island. - Sidney 00:06
I had ten and a half years of it on Cat Island.
So I arrived in Miami, Florida, with a sense of myself. - Sidney 00:06
So I arrived in Miami, Florida, with a sense of myself.
And from the time I got off the boat, Florida began to say to me, - Sidney 00:23
And from the time I got off the boat, Florida began to say t...
But there's no concept of, really, race. - Sidney 00:06
But there's no concept of, really, race.
Because that was his worldview and his personal view, - Sidney 00:09
Because that was his worldview and his personal view,
And, you know, there were times when that got him into trouble. - Sidney 00:06
And, you know, there were times when that got him into troub...
I was sent to live with my brother, the only relative we had there. - Sidney 00:07
I was sent to live with my brother, the only relative we had...
He got me a job at a place called the Burdines department store - Sidney 00:08
He got me a job at a place called the Burdines department st...