Movies: Sidney Poitier

  • 1955
    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955)

    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

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    Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Television film for The Philco Television Playhouse later remade as Edge of the City (1957)....

    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
  • 2017
    The Madding Crowd

    The Madding Crowd (2017)

    The Madding Crowd

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    "A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage....

    The Madding Crowd
  • 1979
    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

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    This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, “Ol’ Man River.”...

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
  • 1965
    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth (1965)

    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

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    Describes how Elizabeth Hartman was auditioned and chosen for the part of Selina in "A Patch of Blue."...

    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
  • 2018
    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)

    Poitier's Walter Lee

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    An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited....

    Poitier's Walter Lee
  • 2023
    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte (2023)

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

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    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
  • 1969
    Three Young Americans in Search of Survival

    Three Young Americans in Search of Survival (1969)

    Three Young Americans in Search of Survival

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    Story essentially dealt with the dedication of three young Yanks - G, Smith's concern for wilderness preservation, H. Haskin's work with a Philadelphia black street gang, and M.M. Goodwin's concern for water pollution....

    Three Young Americans in Search of Survival