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Sidney

It was a turning point, truly a turning point in a Hollywood that had chosen to articulate...

Sidney • 2022
It was a turning point, truly a turning point in a Hollywood that had chosen to articulate us, Black people, as entirely different than we were

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It was a turning point,
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truly a turning point
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in a Hollywood that had chosen
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to articulate us, Black people,
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as entirely different than we were.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:25
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.
Because it is a long journey to this moment, - Sidney 00:16
Because it is a long journey to this moment,
I remember distinctly feeling - Sidney 00:11
I remember distinctly feeling
All I can say is a very special thank you. - Sidney 00:06
All I can say is a very special thank you.
He made it for a lot of people, - Sidney 00:10
He made it for a lot of people,
Imagine what they felt like when "he made it." - Sidney 00:06
Imagine what they felt like when "he made it."
To be the first Black man, Bahamian man, - Sidney 00:14
To be the first Black man, Bahamian man,
It was extraordinary for the time, - Sidney 00:08
It was extraordinary for the time,
I was not that good or that pure. - Sidney 00:05
I was not that good or that pure.
But there was something in me that I was carrying forth - Sidney 00:13
But there was something in me that I was carrying forth
I was born two months premature. - Sidney 00:06
I was born two months premature.
My father left the house the following morning - Sidney 00:11
My father left the house the following morning
He came back to the house with a shoebox. - Sidney 00:07
He came back to the house with a shoebox.
And… - Sidney 00:09
And…
She said, "No, you can't do that." - Sidney 00:11
She said, "No, you can't do that."
And she passed the home of a soothsayer. - Sidney 00:07
And she passed the home of a soothsayer.
My mother said, "I have a child that was just born. - Sidney 00:05
My mother said, "I have a child that was just born.
He was a very early birth, - Sidney 00:13
He was a very early birth,
And her eyes were rolling back and forth behind her lids. - Sidney 00:05
And her eyes were rolling back and forth behind her lids.
And all at once, the soothsayer's eyes flew open - Sidney 00:08
And all at once, the soothsayer's eyes flew open
He will travel to most of the corners of the earth. - Sidney 00:07
He will travel to most of the corners of the earth.