Sidney Poitier Movies

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost...

The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their...

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising...

A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles...

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."

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

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...

Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.

Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City...

A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.

Story about Will Cleamons, a former teacher-turned-businessman who agrees to tutor 18-year-old high school dropout, Nicole Turner. Much to his...

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the...

Documentary about Hollywood.

Describes how Elizabeth Hartman was auditioned and chosen for the part of Selina in "A Patch of Blue."

Composer, record, TV and film producer, arranger, instrumentalist, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur - Quincy Jones has done it all. In...

An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.

"A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.

Documentary profile of musician and producer Quincy Jones