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
  • 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
  • 1954
    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go (1954)

    Go Man Go

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    The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters....

    Go Man Go
  • 1947
    Sepia Cinderella

    Sepia Cinderella (1947)

    Sepia Cinderella

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    A struggling songwriter abandons his girlfriend for a flashy woman after landing a hit....

    Sepia Cinderella
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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