During a time when the mere thought of a Black movie star was simply unfathomable to so many in the film industry and beyond, Sidney Poitier starred in the most unlikely Hollywood success story ...

Why didn't Sidney hit him back? Because for years the only way Hollywood would allow Poitier to become its go ... And all the while, he was an artist. More than a symbol. It's true that he blazed ...

“Sidney,” a documentary tribute to the trailblazing ... Poitier makes his own trauma felt in the slightly removed way of an older artist. Poitier had been raised in the Bahamas, and his ...

Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for ... bestowed “in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being” was presented to Poitier by Denzel Washington ...

Portrait of Sidney Poitier. The move to Nassau exposed Poitier to various art and culture he had never seen. Despite this, his parents feared his lack of education would cause him to slide into ...

More than an actor (and Academy Award winner), Sidney Poitier is an artist. A writer and director, a thinker and critic, a humanitarian and diplomat, his presence as a cultural icon has long been ...

Sidney Poitier, an actor whose poise and elegant ... his family to build an extensive portrait of a groundbreaking artist. Poitier's personal story could be an Oscar-winning film by itself.

No one is better at telling Sidney Poitier‘s story than Sidney Poitier ... he shouted at one point, talking about a favorite panel of comic art. That enthusiasm for storytelling is all over ...

The death of Sidney Poitier marks the passing of an icon whose art touched millions of lives across generations and whose work helped break down the structures of exclusion in Hollywood.

Refresh for updates… Tributes are pouring in for Oscar-winning actor, director, civil rights activist and humanitarian Sidney Poitier, who has died at age 94. “For over 80 years, Sidney and I ...