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Sidney

So I said, "Okay." I very gingerly kind of wentdown the steps

Sidney • 2022
So I said, "Okay." I very gingerly kind of went
down the steps

Full Transcript

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So I said, "Okay."
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I very gingerly kind of went down the steps.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:50
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.
Then I heard this rumbling, rumbling up. - Sidney 00:05
Then I heard this rumbling, rumbling up.
And I followed people who were getting off, - Sidney 00:06
And I followed people who were getting off,
Black artists were just very present in Harlem. - Sidney 00:06
Black artists were just very present in Harlem.
You knew what the measure of an artist was then. - Sidney 00:05
You knew what the measure of an artist was then.
So, this is the way in which this era - Sidney 00:07
So, this is the way in which this era
I must say that my search was fruitless for quite a long time. - Sidney 00:05
I must say that my search was fruitless for quite a long tim...
At 49th Street and Broadway, - Sidney 00:08
At 49th Street and Broadway,
In the window, it said, "Dishwasher wanted." - Sidney 00:11
In the window, it said, "Dishwasher wanted."
Not only did they put me to work, they were paying four bucks a night. - Sidney 00:05
Not only did they put me to work, they were paying four buck...
When I finished the first night's work, - Sidney 00:07
When I finished the first night's work,
I went to sleep in the toilet. - Sidney 00:05
I went to sleep in the toilet.
There used to be pay toilets in them, and it cost a nickel. - Sidney 00:05
There used to be pay toilets in them, and it cost a nickel.
I put down the seat. I sat there, put my feet up against the door, - Sidney 00:07
I put down the seat. I sat there, put my feet up against the...
On one particular evening, - Sidney 00:09
On one particular evening,
And one of the waiters looked over and saw me sitting there. - Sidney 00:05
And one of the waiters looked over and saw me sitting there.
I said, "I'm trying to learn to read better than I can read." - Sidney 00:27
I said, "I'm trying to learn to read better than I...
This was like the beginning of a journey for me. - Sidney 00:06
This was like the beginning of a journey for me.
If you stop struggling, people are gonna walk past you. - Sidney 00:05
If you stop struggling, people are gonna walk past you.
But if they see you working at it, - Sidney 00:09
But if they see you working at it,
I was on 125th Street in Harlem, - Sidney 00:08
I was on 125th Street in Harlem,