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My good friend,Harry Belafonte, called to say, "I want you to go with me to Mississippi

Sidney • 2022
My good friend,
Harry Belafonte, called to say, "I want you to go with me to Mississippi

Full Transcript

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My good friend, Harry Belafonte, called to say,
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"I want you to go with me to Mississippi.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:31
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.
We have to take some money down to the Civil Rights Movement." - Sidney 00:10
We have to take some money down to the Civil Rights Movement...
We will treat anyone with great respect here in Mississippi, - Sidney 00:09
We will treat anyone with great respect here in Mississippi,
Phone calls and threats was coming in by the day, by the night. - Sidney 00:06
Phone calls and threats was coming in by the day, by the nig...
They wanted to assassinate Belafonte and Poitier. - Sidney 00:07
They wanted to assassinate Belafonte and Poitier.
The words they used, - Sidney 00:08
The words they used,
With my association with Bobby Kennedy - Sidney 00:10
With my association with Bobby Kennedy
Absolutely no evidence of federal marshals or protection. - Sidney 00:05
Absolutely no evidence of federal marshals or protection.
We got into a car... We were met by two cars, - Sidney 00:08
We got into a car... We were met by two cars,
And after the handshakes and hellos and introductions, - Sidney 00:10
And after the handshakes and hellos and introductions,
And Poitier and Belafonte - Sidney 00:08
And Poitier and Belafonte
As we were getting into the car, - Sidney 00:11
As we were getting into the car,
And as the trucks tried to catch us, - Sidney 00:08
And as the trucks tried to catch us,
And my first thought, "Do not let them pass." - Sidney 00:14
And my first thought, "Do not let them pass."
If they shoot you from the rear, that's the way I have to die. - Sidney 00:05
If they shoot you from the rear, that's the way I have ...
We played bump-and-run for a couple of miles. - Sidney 00:05
We played bump-and-run for a couple of miles.
And a pile of students got into the available automobiles - Sidney 00:11
And a pile of students got into the available automobiles
And for that whole block, people were just jammed everywhere. - Sidney 00:07
And for that whole block, people were just jammed everywhere...
And it bring me to tears. - Sidney 00:06
And it bring me to tears.
The people that was up the trees and in the rafters, - Sidney 00:10
The people that was up the trees and in the rafters,
And when they saw Poitier, - Sidney 00:13
And when they saw Poitier,