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I've seen everybody sort of melt in his presence
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Sidney

I've seen everybodysort of melt in his presence

Sidney • 2022
I've seen everybody
sort of melt in his presence

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I've seen everybody sort of melt in his presence.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:52
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.
He was so elegant, so statuesque. - Sidney 00:06
He was so elegant, so statuesque.
He was, like, "wow." Movie stars should be "wow." - Sidney 00:06
He was, like, "wow." Movie stars should be "w...
I did Raisin in the Sun in 1959. So I got to know Sidney pretty well. - Sidney 00:06
I did Raisin in the Sun in 1959. So I got to know Sidney pre...
Every Black person had read Raisin in the Sun - Sidney 00:09
Every Black person had read Raisin in the Sun
Sidney had bought me a mink coat or something. - Sidney 00:06
Sidney had bought me a mink coat or something.
So I took it back to the store, and I got the money - Sidney 00:08
So I took it back to the store, and I got the money
And I was the largest investor - Sidney 00:07
And I was the largest investor
The first act intermission, when the curtain went down, - Sidney 00:06
The first act intermission, when the curtain went down,
By the time we got to the second intermission, - Sidney 00:11
By the time we got to the second intermission,
A breath of fresh air, a scream, a "Bravo!" - Sidney 00:07
A breath of fresh air, a scream, a "Bravo!"
I knew for certain that I was meant to be an actor - Sidney 00:08
I knew for certain that I was meant to be an actor
After all the doubts that had accumulated - Sidney 00:19
After all the doubts that had accumulated
I got me some plans that'll turn this city upside down. - Sidney 00:06
I got me some plans that'll turn this city upside down.
There's the film made the next year - Sidney 00:06
There's the film made the next year
And it's no accident that it is a role written by an African American - Sidney 00:12
And it's no accident that it is a role written by an Af...
Lorraine Hansberry is able to tap into - Sidney 00:08
Lorraine Hansberry is able to tap into
- I know you are a busy little boy. - Walter, please. - Sidney 00:06
- I know you are a busy little boy. - Walter, please.
I know ain't nothing in the world as busy as you colored college boys - Sidney 00:08
I know ain't nothing in the world as busy as you colore...
I see you all the time with your books tucked under your arm, - Sidney 00:07
I see you all the time with your books tucked under your arm...
The kind of ceiling on the possibilities that... that Black people had, - Sidney 00:10
The kind of ceiling on the possibilities that... that Black ...