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Sidney

But I hadn't... I didn't knowthere were such things as mirrors

Sidney • 2022
But I hadn't... I didn't know
there were such things as mirrors

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.128
But I hadn't... I didn't know there were such things as mirrors.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:13
Uploaded
Mar 25, 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.
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...
So I got on the bike, and I went to Miami Beach. - Sidney 00:06
So I got on the bike, and I went to Miami Beach.
And I got to the address, and I walked up to the front door, - Sidney 00:10
And I got to the address, and I walked up to the front door,
Then the lady of the house came out, and she said, - Sidney 00:19
Then the lady of the house came out, and she said,
Well, I'm new to this whole experience of race in the US. - Sidney 00:07
Well, I'm new to this whole experience of race in the U...