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Sidney

We have seen that peoplewill so fight for their freedom that if it is not given to...

Sidney • 2022
We have seen that people
will so fight for their freedom that if it is not given to them,
they will take it

Full Transcript

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We have seen that people will so fight for their freedom
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that if it is not given to them, they will take it.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:20
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.
So for Sidney, he saw how Paul Robeson was disrespected - Sidney 00:09
So for Sidney, he saw how Paul Robeson was disrespected
And when you see something like that… - Sidney 00:09
And when you see something like that…
Yeah, well, just try and pay attention, Santini. - Sidney 00:06
Yeah, well, just try and pay attention, Santini.
Hey, Miller. Come here. I want to talk to you a minute, Miller. - Sidney 00:05
Hey, Miller. Come here. I want to talk to you a minute, Mill...
Well, I think mainly because I knew Paul Robeson, - Sidney 00:09
Well, I think mainly because I knew Paul Robeson,
That seemed to have been enough to make me suspect. - Sidney 00:05
That seemed to have been enough to make me suspect.
You know you're a little brighter, - Sidney 00:05
You know you're a little brighter,
Poitier appeared on the pages of Counterattack, - Sidney 00:12
Poitier appeared on the pages of Counterattack,
Clearly someone had been keeping tabs on Poitier throughout the 1950s. - Sidney 00:05
Clearly someone had been keeping tabs on Poitier throughout ...
At that time, there was the politics of film making - Sidney 00:14
At that time, there was the politics of film making
Yeah, well, there are some things that you have to say no to. - Sidney 00:06
Yeah, well, there are some things that you have to say no to...
My integrity was more important than to play politics. - Sidney 00:06
My integrity was more important than to play politics.
I could only imagine in those days what it was like to speak out. - Sidney 00:06
I could only imagine in those days what it was like to speak...
Of all my father's teachings, - Sidney 00:08
Of all my father's teachings,
That true measure was how well he provided for his children. - Sidney 00:06
That true measure was how well he provided for his children.
And it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain. - Sidney 00:06
And it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.
I didn't know where I was going next, - Sidney 00:07
I didn't know where I was going next,
That's when I got the call from Richard Brooks - Sidney 00:07
That's when I got the call from Richard Brooks
And from there, my career really took off. - Sidney 00:05
And from there, my career really took off.
Did I say to myself, "This country is waking up - Sidney 00:09
Did I say to myself, "This country is waking up