
02/02/2000
Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City at the start of his career; his involvement in the US civil-rights movement; and efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Friends and acquaintances, as well as other performers, give their insights about what makes him so special.

Stanley Burnside
as

Lee Grant
as Narrator

Lady Kendal Isaacs
as

Norman Jewison
as

James Earl Jones
as

Quincy Jones
as

Stanley Kramer
as

Philip Rose
as

Robert Townsend
as

Orville Turnquest
as

Sidney Poitier
as
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