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Sidney

The guy who leads usto Denzel and to Wesley, he's also the guy who leads usto Robert...

Sidney • 2022
The guy who leads us
to Denzel and to Wesley, he's also the guy who leads us
to Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans because he's the first
big Hollywood comedy director

Full Transcript

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The guy who leads us to Denzel and to Wesley,
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he's also the guy who leads us to Robert Townsend
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and Keenen Ivory Wayans
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because he's the first big Hollywood comedy director.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:37:58
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.
Well, that's where the money is… - Sidney 00:06
Well, that's where the money is…
Give me a smile. Okay. - Sidney 00:05
Give me a smile. Okay.
One thing I really admire about him - Sidney 00:19
One thing I really admire about him
You know, in life one ought not to wind up in one's last moments - Sidney 00:14
You know, in life one ought not to wind up in one's las...
And my career had been wonderful for a great number of years. - Sidney 00:06
And my career had been wonderful for a great number of years...
I don't say that it would've continued at the pace it was going. - Sidney 00:07
I don't say that it would've continued at the pace...
But if it had, it would've robbed me of the chance - Sidney 00:08
But if it had, it would've robbed me of the chance
I wanted to know what it would be like to direct a film, - Sidney 00:07
I wanted to know what it would be like to direct a film,
I wanted to know what it would be like to produce a film, - Sidney 00:06
I wanted to know what it would be like to produce a film,
I was born with a curiosity - Sidney 00:09
I was born with a curiosity
I hope, though, that that curiosity - Sidney 00:05
I hope, though, that that curiosity
The recipient of the 1992 Life Achievement Award, - Sidney 00:07
The recipient of the 1992 Life Achievement Award,
I always think of Sidney as this big-ass lighthouse - Sidney 00:09
I always think of Sidney as this big-ass lighthouse
I told him that all my formative years. - Sidney 00:07
I told him that all my formative years.
I was focusing on that light that he projected to me. - Sidney 00:06
I was focusing on that light that he projected to me.
Had no other beacon as bright as that, - Sidney 00:12
Had no other beacon as bright as that,
Forty-eight years ago, the winter of 1945, - Sidney 00:11
Forty-eight years ago, the winter of 1945,
This was the American Negro Theatre. - Sidney 00:05
This was the American Negro Theatre.
Sidney brought his A game, and so we could bring our A game. - Sidney 00:05
Sidney brought his A game, and so we could bring our A game.
He's a great example of what manhood should look like and feel like. - Sidney 00:05
He's a great example of what manhood should look like a...