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Well, I think mainly because I knew Paul Robeson
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Sidney

Well, I think mainlybecause I knew Paul Robeson, and my admiration was nota well-kept...

Sidney • 2022
Well, I think mainly
because I knew Paul Robeson, and my admiration was not
a well-kept secret

Full Transcript

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Well, I think mainly because I knew Paul Robeson,
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and my admiration was not a well-kept secret.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:00
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.
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
The moment a Negro child walks into the school, - Sidney 00:13
The moment a Negro child walks into the school,
This was still 1950 America, - Sidney 00:10
This was still 1950 America,
It had never happened before in the history of the movie business. - Sidney 00:06
It had never happened before in the history of the movie bus...
I've always thought there was a great connection - Sidney 00:08
I've always thought there was a great connection
When I saw The Defiant Ones, Tony Curtis, the Jew, - Sidney 00:10
When I saw The Defiant Ones, Tony Curtis, the Jew,