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Sidney

And I would behaveas close to that as I could because I would see the resultsof their...

Sidney • 2022
And I would behave
as close to that as I could because I would see the results
of their behavior

Full Transcript

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And I would behave as close to that as I could
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because I would see the results of their behavior.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:00
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.
The Florida government put an embargo - Sidney 00:09
The Florida government put an embargo
So he sent my mother, and she took me, to Nassau - Sidney 00:08
So he sent my mother, and she took me, to Nassau
As we're heading into the harbor, I saw something moving. - Sidney 00:05
As we're heading into the harbor, I saw something movin...
And it looked like a beetle coming down the street. - Sidney 00:05
And it looked like a beetle coming down the street.
And I asked my mother, "What is that?" - Sidney 00:16
And I asked my mother, "What is that?"
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...