11/8/2023 0 Comments New movies to stream right nowThe other charts an inspiring filmography, which began in 1950 with “No Way Out,” in which Poitier played a Black doctor treating a racist White prisoner, and culminated with the 1967 trifecta of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “To Sir, With Love” - three of the 15 top-grossing films of that year. The first is the tale of a life of purpose and principle. “Sidney,” which includes narration by and interviews with Poitier - as well as appearances by talking heads including Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Barbra Streisand, Halle Berry, cultural critic Nelson George and a host of others, both celebrities and intellectuals - really tells two stories. The latter revelation occurred only after he moved, at age 15, to Miami, and coincided with the discovery that he looked different from many Americans - a revelation that would shape him, both as a Black man involved in the civil rights movement and as an actor, whose roles stood out for their groundbreaking frankness about race. His formal education stopped at third grade, and he had no knowledge of electricity, indoor plumbing or the existence of mirrors. That’s certainly due in part to Poitier’s remarkable life, which began in 1927, when he was born to Bahamian tomato farmers. In 2009, when Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Barack Obama noted, “It’s been said that Sidney Poitier does not make movies he makes milestones.” And so the Oprah Winfrey-produced, Reginald Hudlin-directed documentary “ Sidney” ticks off litanies of both aesthetic and cultural achievements, without ever feeling obligatory.
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