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2021-02-15T13:51:54-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Brother John (1971) – Buck and the Preacher (1972)

Last updated on: February 15, 2021 at 1:51 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier plays a mysterious alien figure (a Christ-figure? a harbinger of doom? both?), and then starts a nearly 18-year career as a director. Read more

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2001 a space odyssey

2010

beverly todd

brother john 1971

buck and the preacher

day the earth stood still 1951

enrique lucero

gordon parks

harry belafonte

james goldstone

learning tree

lincoln kilpatrick

lost man 1969

paul winfield

quincy jones

ruby dee

shaft 1971

sidney poitier

star trek 1966

they call me mister tibbs

will geer

2021-02-08T16:34:46-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: For Love of Ivy (1968) – The Lost Man (1969)

Last updated on: February 8, 2021 at 4:34 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

After starring in three hugely successful, and iconic, social-issues films in 1967, Poitier got his one and only writing credit -- for a romantic comedy. Read more

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abbey lincoln

alan bergman

bea arthur

beau bridges

bob russell

carroll o'connor

defiant ones 1958

edge of the city 1957

for love of ivy

in the heat of the night 1967

in the heat of the night 1988

joanna shimkus

lauri peters

leon bibb

lost man 1969

marilyn bergman

odd man out 1947

oscars

paul winfield

quincy jones

robert alan aurther

sidney poitier

summer holiday 1963

thomas crown affair 1968

2021-02-06T07:48:11-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

Last updated on: February 6, 2021 at 7:48 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

Produced when interracial marriage was still illegal in parts of the U.S., but released after the Supreme Court struck down those laws, this film is an interesting time capsule, and it's striking to see which statements about the future of social progress do or don’t coincide with what has actually happened over the past half-century. Read more

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barack obama

beah richards

beatles

bonnie and clyde 1967

cecil kellaway

guess who's coming to dinner

in the heat of the night 1967

katharine hepburn

katharine houghton

last black man in san francisco

oscars

roy glenn

sidney poitier

spencer tracy

stanley kramer

willie brown

willie mays

2021-02-11T11:31:36-08:00

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Watch: The trailer for Resurrection, coming soon to Discovery+

Last updated on: February 11, 2021 at 11:31 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

It’s been a while since Roma Downey and Mark Burnett produced a new Bible movie. Now they have announced that they will be releasing a new-ish film called Resurrection on Discovery+ the week before Easter — and you can watch the trailer for it below. (more…) Read more

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ad the bible continues

jesus

mark burnett

resurrection

resurrection 2021

roma downey

2021-02-06T07:48:53-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: In the Heat of the Night (1967) – They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) – The Organization (1971)

Last updated on: February 6, 2021 at 7:48 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

A classic and deeply penetrating look at American racism is followed by two increasingly pedestrian sequels. Read more

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band of angels

daniel j travanti

ed asner

gordon douglas

green book 2018

hal ashby

haskell wexler

in the heat of the night 1967

john singleton

juano hernandez

martin landau

martin luther king jr

norman jewison

organization 1971

oscars

quincy jones

raul julia

rod steiger

sidney poitier

they call me mister tibbs

to sir with love ii

william schallert

2021-02-10T09:01:13-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: To Sir, with Love (1967) – To Sir, with Love II (1996)

Last updated on: February 10, 2021 at 9:01 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier plays an inspirational teacher in two very different movies produced almost 30 years apart. Read more

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anthony villaroel

beatles

bill clinton

christian roberts

christopher chittell

dangerous minds 1995

er braithwaite

family way

james clavell

judy geeson

lean on me 1989

lulu

mike nichols

mindbenders

peter bogdanovich

principal 1987

shaft 1971

shaft 2000

sidney poitier

to sir with love

to sir with love ii

winston churchill

2021-02-09T09:29:19-08:00

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Of Kings and Prophets — episode two

Last updated on: February 9, 2021 at 9:29 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

Saul and Ahinoam arrange a new alliance between the tribes, and Samuel thwarts an assassin while en route to anoint David the new king of Israel. Read more

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achish

ahinoam

ark of the covenant

bathsheba

dagon

david

ish-bosheth

jesse

joab

jonathan

judah

merab

michal

nathan

of kings and prophets

reuben

rizpah

samuel

saul

zaphra

2021-02-02T15:53:39-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: A Patch of Blue (1965) – The Slender Thread (1965) – Duel at Diablo (1966)

Last updated on: February 2, 2021 at 3:53 pm   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier has his first onscreen interracial kiss and stars in his first Western, among other things. Read more

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anne bancroft

bibi andersson

dabney coleman

duel at diablo

ed asner

elizabeth hartman

ivan dixon

james garner

jerry goldsmith

john hoyt

orson welles

patch of blue 1965

quincy jones

ralph nelson

secret of nimh

shelley winters

sidney poitier

slender thread

sydney pollack

telly savalas

2021-02-06T07:49:28-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: Lilies of the Field (1963) – The Long Ships (1964) – The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) – The Bedford Incident (1965)

Last updated on: February 6, 2021 at 7:49 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier wins a historic Academy Award and plays his first villain, among other things. Read more

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bedford incident

colin blakely

donald sutherland

dr strangelove

eric porter

fail safe 1964

greatest story ever told

harald bluetooth

jack cardiff

james b harris

james macarthur

jerry goldsmith

lilies of the field 1963

lionel jeffries

long ships

oscars

ralph nelson

richard widmark

russ tamblyn

sidney poitier

simon of cyrene

stanley kubrick

to sir with love

2021-02-04T07:55:05-08:00

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Sidney Poitier marathon: A Raisin in the Sun (1961) – Paris Blues (1961) – Pressure Point (1962)

Last updated on: February 4, 2021 at 7:55 am   By Peter T. Chattaway

In which Poitier deals with American race and class issues, plays jazz music in France, and treats an American Nazi psychiatric patient. Read more

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blackboard jungle 1955

bobby darin

daniel petrie

diahann carroll

duke ellington

hubert cornfield

joanne woodward

john fiedler

jomo kenyatta

kenya

lorraine hansberry

louis armstrong

louis gossett jr

martin ritt

no way out 1950

paul newman

peter falk

pressure point 1962

raisin in the sun

ruby dee

sidney poitier

stanley kramer

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