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Sidney

For what I can see, they wereteaching the American Dream

Sidney • 2022
For what I can see, they were
teaching the American Dream

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For what I can see, they were teaching the American Dream.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:00
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.
Vote, and the choice is yours. - Sidney 00:05
Vote, and the choice is yours.
Remember to vote, and the choice is yours. - Sidney 00:05
Remember to vote, and the choice is yours.
One time there was a kind of frightening thing happened to you, - Sidney 00:06
One time there was a kind of frightening thing happened to y...
And I've heard vague details of it, but could you - Sidney 00:06
And I've heard vague details of it, but could you
I don't think any single experience has passed between us - Sidney 00:08
I don't think any single experience has passed between ...
My good friend, Harry Belafonte, called to say, - Sidney 00:08
My good friend, Harry Belafonte, called to say,
We have to take some money down to the Civil Rights Movement." - Sidney 00:10
We have to take some money down to the Civil Rights Movement...
We will treat anyone with great respect here in Mississippi, - Sidney 00:09
We will treat anyone with great respect here in Mississippi,
Phone calls and threats was coming in by the day, by the night. - Sidney 00:06
Phone calls and threats was coming in by the day, by the nig...
They wanted to assassinate Belafonte and Poitier. - Sidney 00:07
They wanted to assassinate Belafonte and Poitier.
The words they used, - Sidney 00:08
The words they used,
With my association with Bobby Kennedy - Sidney 00:10
With my association with Bobby Kennedy
Absolutely no evidence of federal marshals or protection. - Sidney 00:05
Absolutely no evidence of federal marshals or protection.
We got into a car... We were met by two cars, - Sidney 00:08
We got into a car... We were met by two cars,
And after the handshakes and hellos and introductions, - Sidney 00:10
And after the handshakes and hellos and introductions,
And Poitier and Belafonte - Sidney 00:08
And Poitier and Belafonte
As we were getting into the car, - Sidney 00:11
As we were getting into the car,
And as the trucks tried to catch us, - Sidney 00:08
And as the trucks tried to catch us,
And my first thought, "Do not let them pass." - Sidney 00:14
And my first thought, "Do not let them pass."
If they shoot you from the rear, that's the way I have to die. - Sidney 00:05
If they shoot you from the rear, that's the way I have ...