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Every Black person had read Raisin in the Sun
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Sidney

Every Black person had readRaisin in the Sun because that wasone of those plays you read...

Sidney • 2022
Every Black person had read
Raisin in the Sun because that was
one of those plays you read when they started letting us read
Black stuff at school

Full Transcript

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Every Black person had read Raisin in the Sun
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because that was one of those plays you read
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when they started letting us read Black stuff at school.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:19
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.
Sidney had bought me a mink coat or something. - Sidney 00:06
Sidney had bought me a mink coat or something.
So I took it back to the store, and I got the money - Sidney 00:08
So I took it back to the store, and I got the money
And I was the largest investor - Sidney 00:07
And I was the largest investor
The first act intermission, when the curtain went down, - Sidney 00:06
The first act intermission, when the curtain went down,
By the time we got to the second intermission, - Sidney 00:11
By the time we got to the second intermission,
A breath of fresh air, a scream, a "Bravo!" - Sidney 00:07
A breath of fresh air, a scream, a "Bravo!"
I knew for certain that I was meant to be an actor - Sidney 00:08
I knew for certain that I was meant to be an actor
After all the doubts that had accumulated - Sidney 00:19
After all the doubts that had accumulated
I got me some plans that'll turn this city upside down. - Sidney 00:06
I got me some plans that'll turn this city upside down.
There's the film made the next year - Sidney 00:06
There's the film made the next year
And it's no accident that it is a role written by an African American - Sidney 00:12
And it's no accident that it is a role written by an Af...
Lorraine Hansberry is able to tap into - Sidney 00:08
Lorraine Hansberry is able to tap into
- I know you are a busy little boy. - Walter, please. - Sidney 00:06
- I know you are a busy little boy. - Walter, please.
I know ain't nothing in the world as busy as you colored college boys - Sidney 00:08
I know ain't nothing in the world as busy as you colore...
I see you all the time with your books tucked under your arm, - Sidney 00:07
I see you all the time with your books tucked under your arm...
The kind of ceiling on the possibilities that... that Black people had, - Sidney 00:10
The kind of ceiling on the possibilities that... that Black ...
So, there's not a huge difference from Sidney in Raisin in the Sun - Sidney 00:09
So, there's not a huge difference from Sidney in Raisin...
Don't you see no stars gleaming that you can't reach out and grab, huh? - Sidney 00:06
Don't you see no stars gleaming that you can't rea...
I'm a volcano. I'm a giant, and I'm surrounded by ants. - Sidney 00:05
I'm a volcano. I'm a giant, and I'm surrounde...
It's an art of making a moment and knowing what you're gonna do - Sidney 00:08
It's an art of making a moment and knowing what you...