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Sidney

Despite the setback, I still had faith in myselfand faith in the future

Sidney • 2022
Despite the setback, I still had faith in myself
and faith in the future

Full Transcript

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Despite the setback,
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I still had faith in myself and faith in the future.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:03
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.
Enough of each to marry a beautiful young girl named Juanita, - Sidney 00:08
Enough of each to marry a beautiful young girl named Juanita...
Soon our first child was born, - Sidney 00:08
Soon our first child was born,
I think that my mother was a total optimist, - Sidney 00:08
I think that my mother was a total optimist,
But her optimism overwhelmed him. - Sidney 00:06
But her optimism overwhelmed him.
And I think that her being able to read people, - Sidney 00:07
And I think that her being able to read people,
And the fact that she just... She loved people unconditionally - Sidney 00:08
And the fact that she just... She loved people unconditional...
I was the only girl and the only Black person - Sidney 00:10
I was the only girl and the only Black person
I had written an essay - Sidney 00:09
I had written an essay
They said, "Well, where did you get these ideas from?" - Sidney 00:12
They said, "Well, where did you get these ideas from?&q...
He needed to know - Sidney 00:08
He needed to know
And I was trying to feed him all the time - Sidney 00:11
And I was trying to feed him all the time
Then he could start feeling and reacting - Sidney 00:08
Then he could start feeling and reacting
I said, "Everything is not about money." - Sidney 00:10
I said, "Everything is not about money."
And he turned it down. - Sidney 00:05
And he turned it down.
Like, this is gonna pay you more money than you make in a year." - Sidney 00:09
Like, this is gonna pay you more money than you make in a ye...
The part called for me as a janitor, - Sidney 00:07
The part called for me as a janitor,
But in this particular script, a murder took place. - Sidney 00:06
But in this particular script, a murder took place.
Or who were associated with the murderers, - Sidney 00:09
Or who were associated with the murderers,
In the narrative, the janitor's daughter is murdered, - Sidney 00:16
In the narrative, the janitor's daughter is murdered,
They're not gonna change the script - Sidney 00:06
They're not gonna change the script