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I asked him, "Do you have a film
you're going to do after this?" And he said, "No." He said, "I probably... This will be
the last film I'll ever make." And I said, "Why?" And he said, "Because the Black people, my people, think that I'm an Uncle Tom." Given the quickly changing
social currents, there was more than a little
dissatisfaction rising up against me in certain corners of the Black community
you're going to do after this?" And he said, "No." He said, "I probably... This will be
the last film I'll ever make." And I said, "Why?" And he said, "Because the Black people, my people, think that I'm an Uncle Tom." Given the quickly changing
social currents, there was more than a little
dissatisfaction rising up against me in certain corners of the Black community
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I asked him, "Do you have a film
you're going to do after this?"
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And he said, "No."
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He said, "I probably... This will be
the last film I'll ever make."
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And I said, "Why?"
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And he said, "Because the Black people,
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my people, think that I'm an Uncle Tom."
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Given the quickly changing
social currents,
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there was more than a little
dissatisfaction rising up against me
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in certain corners of the Black community.
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Movie Summary
Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.
