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Sidney

Sometimes I would be pissed about it, meaning that I would be unable to change the way...

Sidney • 2022
Sometimes I would be pissed about it, meaning that I would be unable to change the way Black people were used, treated

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Sometimes I would be pissed about it,
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meaning that I would be unable to change
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the way Black people were used, treated.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:08
Uploaded
Mar 26, 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.
Hollywood was not ready, at that point, - Sidney 00:07
Hollywood was not ready, at that point,
But for the most part, it was a very conservative industry - Sidney 00:09
But for the most part, it was a very conservative industry
Nobody's grooming, necessarily, - Sidney 00:07
Nobody's grooming, necessarily,
There's a Sidney Poitier complex. It's like a matrix. - Sidney 00:05
There's a Sidney Poitier complex. It's like a matr...
And in the way that racism works, - Sidney 00:06
And in the way that racism works,
He was a race soldier who's leading the army for everybody else - Sidney 00:13
He was a race soldier who's leading the army for everyb...
And he wasn't saying it as resistance or as explanation. - Sidney 00:08
And he wasn't saying it as resistance or as explanation...
There's so much about us and around us - Sidney 00:11
There's so much about us and around us
And some of those choices were not - Sidney 00:19
And some of those choices were not
Lilies of the Field is this low-budget production, - Sidney 00:12
Lilies of the Field is this low-budget production,
God is good. He has sent me a big, strong man. - Sidney 00:06
God is good. He has sent me a big, strong man.
I'm like, "Sidney, leave. Why you messing around with them?" - Sidney 00:12
I'm like, "Sidney, leave. Why you messing around w...
He said, "They can't pay me enough. They are not offering anything." - Sidney 00:10
He said, "They can't pay me enough. They are not o...
Do the movie not for a salary, - Sidney 00:15
Do the movie not for a salary,
He turns it down. He says, - Sidney 00:08
He turns it down. He says,
You could turn stuff down when... You know, when the house is paid for. - Sidney 00:05
You could turn stuff down when... You know, when the house i...
Not knocking Harry, but Harry was, you know, Day-O'ing. - Sidney 00:06
Not knocking Harry, but Harry was, you know, Day-O'ing.
And whenever anybody who was anybody came to the show, - Sidney 00:07
And whenever anybody who was anybody came to the show,
And she said, "Come on, Sidney. Let's do it." - Sidney 00:09
And she said, "Come on, Sidney. Let's do it."
I saw you hollering in Lilies of the Field." - Sidney 00:06
I saw you hollering in Lilies of the Field."