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Sidney

I wanted to know whatit would be like to direct a film, so I directed five or six of them

Sidney • 2022
I wanted to know what
it would be like to direct a film, so I directed five or six of them

Full Transcript

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I wanted to know what it would be like to direct a film,
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so I directed five or six of them.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:39:38
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.
I wanted to know what it would be like to produce a film, - Sidney 00:06
I wanted to know what it would be like to produce a film,
I was born with a curiosity - Sidney 00:09
I was born with a curiosity
I hope, though, that that curiosity - Sidney 00:05
I hope, though, that that curiosity
The recipient of the 1992 Life Achievement Award, - Sidney 00:07
The recipient of the 1992 Life Achievement Award,
I always think of Sidney as this big-ass lighthouse - Sidney 00:09
I always think of Sidney as this big-ass lighthouse
I told him that all my formative years. - Sidney 00:07
I told him that all my formative years.
I was focusing on that light that he projected to me. - Sidney 00:06
I was focusing on that light that he projected to me.
Had no other beacon as bright as that, - Sidney 00:12
Had no other beacon as bright as that,
Forty-eight years ago, the winter of 1945, - Sidney 00:11
Forty-eight years ago, the winter of 1945,
This was the American Negro Theatre. - Sidney 00:05
This was the American Negro Theatre.
Sidney brought his A game, and so we could bring our A game. - Sidney 00:05
Sidney brought his A game, and so we could bring our A game.
He's a great example of what manhood should look like and feel like. - Sidney 00:05
He's a great example of what manhood should look like a...
He'd been through so much - Sidney 00:09
He'd been through so much
Now I just wanna look back and think to myself, - Sidney 00:09
Now I just wanna look back and think to myself,
And I'm very, very proud of what he has achieved - Sidney 00:07
And I'm very, very proud of what he has achieved
And I'm very, very fortunate to have you as my friend. - Sidney 00:06
And I'm very, very fortunate to have you as my friend.
The Oscar goes to Denzel Washington. - Sidney 00:06
The Oscar goes to Denzel Washington.
And the Oscar goes to Halle Berry in Monster's Ball. - Sidney 00:05
And the Oscar goes to Halle Berry in Monster's Ball.
It was so monumental, - Sidney 00:08
It was so monumental,
I knew that this moment would inspire so many people. - Sidney 00:05
I knew that this moment would inspire so many people.