Q&A panel about the new documentary film, "Sidney," about Sidney Poitier's life, family, and career. From Sidney Poitier's upbringing in the Bahamas, to struggling as a working actor in Harlem, his friendship with Harry Belafonte, to being the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, to starring in "In the Heat of the Night" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" in the same year, to the Cold War and the Red Scare, to inspiring a whole generation of African-American performers including Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington.
Q&A panel includes director Reginald Hudlin and producer Derik Murray.
Moderated by Jarrett Hill, president of the National Association of Black Journalists of Los Angeles.
Shot and edited by Viva Videography.
19 дек 2022
