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And he said to his compatriots, "What should we do with this person?" They didn't use the...

Sidney • 2022
And he said to his compatriots, "What should we do with this person?" They didn't use the word "person." He said, "If we let you go", you think you could walk all the way
back to where you came from, "without looking back?
You think you can do that?" And I said, "Yeah, I can do that." He said, "If you look back once,
we're gonna shoot you."

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And he said to his compatriots,
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"What should we do with this person?"
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They didn't use the word "person."
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He said, "If we let you go",
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you think you could walk all the way back to where you came from,
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"without looking back? You think you can do that?"
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And I said, "Yeah, I can do that."
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He said, "If you look back once, we're gonna shoot you."
Duration
35 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:56
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.
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
I must say that my search was fruitless for quite a long time. - Sidney 00:05
I must say that my search was fruitless for quite a long tim...
At 49th Street and Broadway, - Sidney 00:08
At 49th Street and Broadway,
In the window, it said, "Dishwasher wanted." - Sidney 00:11
In the window, it said, "Dishwasher wanted."