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I learned by observation what the world was like
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Sidney

I learned by observationwhat the world was like

Sidney • 2022
I learned by observation
what the world was like

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I learned by observation what the world was like.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:57
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.
And I had to figure out for myself what they were. - Sidney 00:05
And I had to figure out for myself what they were.
And I caught the most hell, of course, from them. - Sidney 00:06
And I caught the most hell, of course, from them.
But I was the youngest - Sidney 00:11
But I was the youngest
There was very little schooling. Very little. - Sidney 00:05
There was very little schooling. Very little.
Everything I knew in terms of values, in terms of right and wrong, - Sidney 00:11
Everything I knew in terms of values, in terms of right and ...
Their treatment of each other. How they cared for each other. - Sidney 00:06
Their treatment of each other. How they cared for each other...
How they behaved with other people in the village. - Sidney 00:05
How they behaved with other people in the village.
And I would behave as close to that as I could - Sidney 00:08
And I would behave as close to that as I could
The Florida government put an embargo - Sidney 00:09
The Florida government put an embargo
So he sent my mother, and she took me, to Nassau - Sidney 00:08
So he sent my mother, and she took me, to Nassau
As we're heading into the harbor, I saw something moving. - Sidney 00:05
As we're heading into the harbor, I saw something movin...
And it looked like a beetle coming down the street. - Sidney 00:05
And it looked like a beetle coming down the street.
And I asked my mother, "What is that?" - Sidney 00:16
And I asked my mother, "What is that?"
As we walked the streets, I saw glass windows - Sidney 00:07
As we walked the streets, I saw glass windows
But she is standing opposite another woman who looks exactly like her. - Sidney 00:08
But she is standing opposite another woman who looks exactly...
And whatever the woman is doing, the other one is doing. - Sidney 00:06
And whatever the woman is doing, the other one is doing.
But I hadn't... I didn't know there were such things as mirrors. - Sidney 00:05
But I hadn't... I didn't know there were such thin...
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,