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Sidney

Look, Joker, don't call me "boy." It was the first time I had really seen a Black man...

Sidney • 2022
Look, Joker, don't call me "boy." It was the first time I had really seen a Black man assert his power
and command respect from a white man on film

Full Transcript

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Look, Joker, don't call me "boy."
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It was the first time I had really seen
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a Black man assert his power and command respect
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from a white man on film.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:26
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.
That moment in the film where Sidney makes the decision… - Sidney 00:06
That moment in the film where Sidney makes the decision…
To sacrifice his possible freedom… - Sidney 00:06
To sacrifice his possible freedom…
Is something that Black people still don't like and still don't believe. - Sidney 00:06
Is something that Black people still don't like and sti...
It's a magic Negro moment, - Sidney 00:06
It's a magic Negro moment,
The Defiant Ones is one of the most prime examples - Sidney 00:15
The Defiant Ones is one of the most prime examples
And that was a huge trope in Hollywood storytelling for years. - Sidney 00:08
And that was a huge trope in Hollywood storytelling for year...
And it was a way, to them, - Sidney 00:09
And it was a way, to them,
But to Black people, it seemed like, "Yo, these people are punks." - Sidney 00:09
But to Black people, it seemed like, "Yo, these people ...
And he says, "Defiant Ones? Middle-class whites loved it, - Sidney 00:11
And he says, "Defiant Ones? Middle-class whites loved i...
Defiant Ones was the movie - Sidney 00:09
Defiant Ones was the movie
Alongside Tony Curtis, their names appeared above the name of the film, - Sidney 00:09
Alongside Tony Curtis, their names appeared above the name o...
My dad and Tony Curtis were both nominated for Oscars. - Sidney 00:06
My dad and Tony Curtis were both nominated for Oscars.
It was the first time a Black person had been nominated for an Oscar - Sidney 00:06
It was the first time a Black person had been nominated for ...
The fact that my dad came home with this plaque - Sidney 00:09
The fact that my dad came home with this plaque
The amount of media attention, - Sidney 00:10
The amount of media attention,
I mean, part of Sidney's beauty - Sidney 00:08
I mean, part of Sidney's beauty
I wanted to marry Sidney Poitier. You know what I mean? - Sidney 00:06
I wanted to marry Sidney Poitier. You know what I mean?
He was definitely my idea of what a perfect Black man would be. - Sidney 00:07
He was definitely my idea of what a perfect Black man would ...
And he understood what imagery is about, the power of imagery. - Sidney 00:07
And he understood what imagery is about, the power of imager...
I've seen everybody sort of melt in his presence. - Sidney 00:06
I've seen everybody sort of melt in his presence.