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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Advertising Languages : en Pages : 12
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Pressbook for 1973 motion picture "A warm December," starring Sidney Poitier and Esther Anderson, and directed by Sidney Poitier. Contains film synopsis, cast and credits; publicity articles, and illustrations of promotional posters and other promotional accessories.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Advertising Languages : en Pages : 12
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Pressbook for 1973 motion picture "A warm December," starring Sidney Poitier and Esther Anderson, and directed by Sidney Poitier. Contains film synopsis, cast and credits; publicity articles, and illustrations of promotional posters and other promotional accessories.
Author: Aram Goudsouzian Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN: 0807875848 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 495
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In the first full biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career of a Hollywood legend, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement. Poitier is a gifted actor, a great American success story, an intriguing personality, and a political symbol; his life and career illuminate America's racial history. In such films as Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Poitier's middle-class, mannered, virtuous screen persona contradicted prevailing film stereotypes of blacks as half-wits, comic servants, or oversexed threats. His screen image and public support of nonviolent integration assuaged the fears of a broad political center, and by 1968, Poitier was voted America's favorite movie star. Through careful readings of every Poitier film, Goudsouzian shows that Poitier's characters often made sacrifices for the good of whites and rarely displayed sexuality. As the only black leading man during the civil rights era, Poitier chose roles and public positions that negotiated the struggle for dignity. By 1970, times had changed and Poitier was the target of a backlash from film critics and black radicals, as the new heroes of "blaxploitation" movies reversed the Poitier model. In the 1970s, Poitier shifted his considerable talents toward directing, starring in, and producing popular movies that employed many African Americans, both on and off screen. After a long hiatus, he returned to starring roles in the late 1980s. More recently, the film industry has reappraised his career, and Poitier has received numerous honors recognizing his multi-faceted work for black equality in Hollywood. As this biography affirms, Poitier remains one of American popular culture's foremost symbols of the possibilities for and limits of racial equality.
Author: Carol Bergman Publisher: Holloway House Publishing ISBN: 9780870675669 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 182
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Traces the life of the movie actor who won an Academy Award in 1963 and became a symbol of the breakthrough of black performers in motion pictures.
Author: Emily Smith Publisher: Tebbo ISBN: 9781743040348 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 126
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Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three well-received films-To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner-making him the top box office star of that year. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Poitier among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 22nd on the list of 25. Poitier has directed a number of popular movies such as A Piece of the Action; Uptown Saturday Night, and Let's Do It Again (with friend Bill Cosby), and Stir Crazy (starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder). In 2002, 38 years after receiving the Best Actor Award, Poitier was chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Honorary Award, designated ""To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being."" Since 1997 he has been the Bahamian ambassador to Japan. On August 12, 2009, Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama. This book is your ultimate resource for Sidney Poitier. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away: Sepia Cinderella, Red Ball Express (film), Blackboard Jungle, Good-bye, My Lady (film), Edge of the City, Something of Value, Band of Angels, The Mark of the Hawk, The Defiant Ones, Porgy and Bess (film), All the Young Men, A Raisin in the Sun (film), Paris Blues, Pressure Point (film), The Long Ships (film), Lilies of the Field (1963 film), The Bedford Incident, The Greatest Story Ever Told, A Patch of Blue, The Slender Thread, Duel at Diablo, To Sir, with Love, In the Heat of the Night (film), Virgil Tibbs, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, For Love of Ivy, The Lost Man, They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!, Brother John, The Organization (film), Buck and the Preacher, A Warm December, Uptown Saturday Night, The Wilby Conspiracy, Let's Do It Again (1975 film), A Piece of the Action (film), Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, Shoot to Kill (1988 film), Little Nikita, Sneakers (film), A Century of Cinema, The Jackal (1997 film) Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.
Author: Sidney Poitier Publisher: Doubleday UK ISBN: 0385531117 Category : Caribbean Area Languages : en Pages : 322
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The first novel from the beloved actor and director. A baby is born with a coin in her hand. An orphan crafts a mysterious wooden object. The CEO of a large corporation is under extraordinary pressure. And on a remote island, a medicine man understands the meaning of all these events.
Author: Ann Catherine Paietta Publisher: Scarecrow Press ISBN: 9780810836365 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 454
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Over the years the representation of medical personnel has varied from heroes to villains, madmen to bumbling boobs, money grubbers to humanitarians, and compassionate savers to aloof snobs. This comprehensive resource documents all significant appearances of health professionals on film or television.
Author: Melvin Donalson Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 0292782241 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 621
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Hollywood film directors are some of the world's most powerful storytellers, shaping the fantasies and aspirations of people around the globe. Since the 1960s, African Americans have increasingly joined their ranks, bringing fresh insights to movie characterizations, plots, and themes and depicting areas of African American culture that were previously absent from mainstream films. Today, black directors are making films in all popular genres, while inventing new ones to speak directly from and to the black experience. This book offers a first comprehensive look at the work of black directors in Hollywood, from pioneers such as Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, and Ossie Davis to current talents including Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin. Discussing 67 individuals and over 135 films, Melvin Donalson thoroughly explores how black directors' storytelling skills and film techniques have widened both the thematic focus and visual style of American cinema. Assessing the meanings and messages in their films, he convincingly demonstrates that black directors are balancing Hollywood's demand for box office success with artistic achievement and responsibility to ethnic, cultural, and gender issues.
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