Exceptionally talented actor and bridge-builder between black and white, a political icon and artist at the same time: that was Sidney Poitier. He made Hollywood history in 1964 when he became the first black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role − and thus became the first international black superstar. He grew up in poor circumstances in the Bahamas − with only a few years of schooling. Despite this humble start, Sidney Poitier became a film legend committed artistically and politically against all odds. What compromises did he have to make? What shaped him? This documentary gives an intimate insight into the eventful life of the actor and director, who died in January 2022 at the age of 94.
Katja Runge
Director, Writer
Henning van Lil
Writer, Director
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
Lee Grant
Self
Constance Towers
Self
Foster Hirsch
Self
Joanna Shimkus
Self (archive) - Sidney Poitier's second wife
Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Self (archive) - Sydney Poitier's daughter
Sidney70%
Woody Allen: A Documentary69%
Mifune: The Last Samurai71%
I Know That Voice71%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds75%
Night Will Fall76%
I Am Not Your Negro77%
Love, Antosha74%
13th78%
Room 23761%
QT8: The First Eight72%
Spielberg75%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story75%
That's Entertainment! III70%
McQueen74%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Public Speaking70%
Being James Bond77%
