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2021-03-17T17:30:27-07:00

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The Chosen announces its Season 2 release plans

Last updated on: March 17, 2021 at 5:30 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

The first episode of the new season is coming out Easter weekend. The rest of the season... will follow at an irregular pace. Read more

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dallas jenkins

jerry b jenkins

2021-02-19T12:00:41-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Mandela and De Klerk (1997) – The Jackal (1997)

Last updated on: February 19, 2021 at 12:00 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier plays newly-elected South African president Nelson Mandela, and he finishes his big-screen career with one last portrayal of an FBI agent. Read more

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apartheid

bruce willis

buck and the preacher

clarke peters

cry the beloved country 1951

daniel dae kim

danny glover

david and lisa 1998

david harewood

day of the jackal

dennis haysbert

denzel washington

f w de klerk

free of eden

greatest story ever told

halle berry

idris elba

jack black

jackal 1997

jk simmons

joseph sargent

last brickmaker in america

laurence fishburne

lindane nkosi

mandela 1987

mandela and de klerk

michael caine

morgan freeman

nelson mandela

no way out 1950

organization 1971

oscars

p w botha

richard gere

shoot to kill 1988

sidney poitier

simple life of noah dearborn

sophie okonedo

terrence howard

wilby conspiracy

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2021-02-16T19:16:48-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Sneakers (1992) – Children of the Dust (1995)

Last updated on: February 16, 2021 at 7:16 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

Poitier reunites with River Phoenix and James Earl Jones in a film about computer hackers, and he stars in one last Western for television. Read more

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ben kingsley

blackboard jungle 1955

children of the dust 1995

dan aykroyd

david greene

david strathairn

ellaraino

farrah fawcett

george h w bush

godspell

goldeneye 1995

gulf war

hanky panky 1982

james earl jones

jim caviezel

mary mcdonnell

river phoenix

robert redford

shoot to kill 1988

sidney poitier

sneakers 1992

2021-02-15T14:26:19-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Ghost Dad (1990) – Separate but Equal (1991)

Last updated on: February 15, 2021 at 2:26 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier sits in the director's chair one last time, and then plays a civil-rights hero in his first TV production since the 1950s. Read more

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bill cosby

box office

bruce almighty

burt lancaster

chadwick boseman

cleavon little

devil and max devlin

earl warren

george stevens jr

ghost 1990

ghost dad

gloria foster

invisible man 1933

jeffrey wright

john w davis

leonard part 6

marshall 2017

matrix

mrs doubtfire

richard kiley

separate but equal 1991

sidney poitier

thurgood marshall

2021-02-15T13:38:05-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Shoot to Kill (1988) – Little Nikita (1988)

Last updated on: February 15, 2021 at 1:38 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

Poitier stepped in front of the camera for the first time in over a decade in back-to-back movies about FBI agents. Read more

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clancy brown

daniel petrie jr

kirstie alley

little nikita

loretta devine

mikhail gorbachev

richard jenkins

richard masur

river phoenix

roger spottiswoode

running on empty 1988

shoot to kill 1988

sidney poitier

tom berenger

vancouver

2021-02-16T18:55:36-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Hanky Panky (1982) – Fast Forward (1985)

Last updated on: February 16, 2021 at 6:55 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier plays matchmaker to Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, and then makes a movie to cash in on the break-dance craze. Read more

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box office

boy george

color purple 1985

fast forward 1985

gene wilder

gilda radner

hanky panky 1982

hollywood shuffle

james tolkan

jay o sanders

josef sommers

keenen ivory wayans

let's do it again 1975

little nikita

maurice 1987

michael jordan

pamela poitier

quincy jones

richard pryor

richard widmark

robert doqui

robert townsend

she's gotta have it 1986

sidney poitier

spike lee

stir crazy 1980

victor argo

will sadler

2021-02-19T14:01:27-08:00

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Covenant to depict modernized, dystopic Bible stories

Last updated on: February 19, 2021 at 2:01 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

The new streaming series is billed as "Black Mirror meets The Watchmen with Bible roots." Read more

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abraham

brett dismuke

covenant

hagar

kaye singleton

nikki love

sarah

2021-02-13T11:34:02-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Stir Crazy (1980) – and two non-Poitier films that also co-starred Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor

Last updated on: February 13, 2021 at 11:34 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

The first film Poitier directed without acting in it turned out to be the 3rd-biggest hit of 1980 -- and it held the record for top-grossing movie by a black director for at least two decades. Read more

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another you 1991

arthur hiller

ayatollah khomeini

black panther

blazing saddles

box office

clifton james

craig t nelson

fast & furious

fred willard

gene wilder

james bond

jill clayburgh

jobeth williams

keenen ivory wayans

kevin spacey

ned beatty

patrick mcgoohan

richard kiel

richard pryor

scary movie 2000

scatman crothers

see no evil hear no evil 1989

sidney poitier

silver streak 1976

stir crazy 1980

superman ii

victory 1981

2021-02-11T14:22:57-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) – Let’s Do It Again (1975) – A Piece of the Action (1977)

Last updated on: February 11, 2021 at 2:22 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier tackles apartheid once again, reunites with Bill Cosby, and puts a new socio-political spin on his inspiring-teacher persona. Read more

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apartheid

batman begins

biggie smalls

bill cosby

buck and the preacher

curtis mayfield

james earl jones

jimmie walker

let's do it again 1975

michael caine

nicol williamson

no way out 1950

notorious b.i.g.

ossie davis

persis khambatta

piece of the action

prunella gee

raisin in the sun

ralph nelson

rutger hauer

sherri poitier

sidney poitier

sydney poitier

to sir with love ii

warm december

wilby conspiracy

2021-02-10T09:26:54-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: A Warm December (1973) – Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Last updated on: February 10, 2021 at 9:26 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier stars in another cross-cultural romance and makes the first of four comedies with Bill Cosby. Read more

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bill cosby

calvin lockhart

esther anderson

flip wilson

harry belafonte

harry truman

letta mbulu

lincoln kilpatrick

miriam makeba

richard pryor

roscoe lee browne

sidney poitier

uptown saturday night 1974

warm december

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