Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Sidney Poitier
  • Popularity: 10.851
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1927-02-20
  • Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, USA
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: Sir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, Сидни Пуатье
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Sidney Poitier Movies

  • 1966
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    Duel at Diablo

    Duel at Diablo

    6.3 1966 HD

    In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons...

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  • 1992
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    Sneakers

    Sneakers

    6.905 1992 HD

    When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking...

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  • 1967
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    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    7.559 1967 HD

    A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

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  • 1965
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    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    6.371 1965 HD

    From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling....

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  • 1959
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6.146 1959 HD

    In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

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  • 1967
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    In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

    7.6 1967 HD

    African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny...

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  • 2023
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    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    9 2023 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Jackal

    The Jackal

    6.381 1997 HD

    Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal...

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  • 1958
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    The Defiant Ones

    The Defiant Ones

    7.2 1958 HD

    Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

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  • 1975
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    The Wilby Conspiracy

    The Wilby Conspiracy

    6.5 1975 HD

    Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds...

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  • 1988
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    Shoot to Kill

    Shoot to Kill

    6.6 1988 HD

    When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city...

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  • 1972
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    Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

    6.2 1972 HD

    A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

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  • 1955
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    Blackboard Jungle

    Blackboard Jungle

    6.9 1955 HD

    Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior....

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  • 1967
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    To Sir, with Love

    To Sir, with Love

    7.487 1967 HD

    A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in...

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  • 1965
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    A Patch of Blue

    A Patch of Blue

    7.5 1965 HD

    A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

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  • 1961
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    Paris Blues

    Paris Blues

    6.4 1961 HD

    During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and...

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  • 1988
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    Little Nikita

    Little Nikita

    5.944 1988 HD

    Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying...

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  • 1962
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    Pressure Point

    Pressure Point

    6.6 1962 HD

    An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with...

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  • 1988
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    Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

    Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

    7.4 1988 HD

    Recorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock and roll superstars including Jackson Browne, Elvis...

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  • 2004
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    Hollywood Legenden

    Hollywood Legenden

    2 2004 HD

    Documentary about Hollywood.

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  • 1970
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    They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

    They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

    5.7 1970 HD

    A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

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  • 1957
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    Edge of the City

    Edge of the City

    7.1 1957 HD

    An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

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  • 1950
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    No Way Out

    No Way Out

    6.9 1950 HD

    Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

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  • 1974
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    Uptown Saturday Night

    Uptown Saturday Night

    6.091 1974 HD

    Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

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  • 1975
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    Let's Do It Again

    Let's Do It Again

    6.7 1975 HD

    Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the...

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  • 1961
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    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    7.641 1961 HD

    Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like...

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  • 1977
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    A Piece of the Action

    A Piece of the Action

    5.5 1977 HD

    How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to...

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  • 1957
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    Band of Angels

    Band of Angels

    6.1 1957 HD

    Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her...

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  • 2001
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    Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

    Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

    10 2001 HD

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

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  • 1964
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    The Long Ships

    The Long Ships

    6 1964 HD

    Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes...

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  • 1963
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    Lilies of the Field

    Lilies of the Field

    7.25 1963 HD

    An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked...

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  • 1965
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    The Bedford Incident

    The Bedford Incident

    6.9 1965 HD

    During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford....

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  • 1957
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    Something of Value

    Something of Value

    5.4 1957 HD

    As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British...

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  • 1973
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    A Warm December

    A Warm December

    6.4 1973 HD

    Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself...

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  • 1965
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    The Slender Thread

    The Slender Thread

    7.1 1965 HD

    Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan...

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  • 1968
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    For Love of Ivy

    For Love of Ivy

    5.8 1968 HD

    A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish...

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  • 1957
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    The Mark of the Hawk

    The Mark of the Hawk

    3 1957 HD

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

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  • 2012
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    Sing Your Song

    Sing Your Song

    6.9 2012 HD

    Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the...

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  • 1971
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    The Organization

    The Organization

    6 1971 HD

    After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street,...

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  • 1999
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    The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

    The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

    5.906 1999 HD

    In the small Southern community of Twin Pines, GA, lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer who cherishes his solitude almost as much as...

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  • 2013
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    Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    10 2013 HD

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

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  • 1998
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    David and Lisa

    David and Lisa

    5.5 1998 HD

    A psychiatrist tries to treat an emotionally disturbed teenage boy who has a pathological fear of being touched. The only person who can communicate...

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  • 1996
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    To Sir, with Love II

    To Sir, with Love II

    6.5 1996 HD

    After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city...

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  • 2023
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    Paul Newman: The Restless

    Paul Newman: The Restless

    8.143 2023 HD

    Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he...

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  • 1971
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    Brother John

    Brother John

    6.3 1971 HD

    An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.

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  • 1991
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    Separate But Equal

    Separate But Equal

    6.5 1991 HD

    A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

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  • 1965
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    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

    7 1965 HD

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

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  • 1960
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    All the Young Men

    All the Young Men

    6.2 1960 HD

    During the Korean War, the lieutenant in charge of a Marine rifle platoon is killed in battle. Before he dies, he places the platoon's sergeant,...

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  • 2023
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    Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

    Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

    6.8 2023 HD

    The making of Elvis Presley's famous live TV concert and the chaotic behind the scenes. It was the most-watched television event of the year with...

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  • 2022
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    Sidney

    Sidney

    7.7 2022 HD

    This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with...

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  • 2001
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    The Last Brickmaker in America

    The Last Brickmaker in America

    7 2001 HD

    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...

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  • 1952
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    The Red Ball Express

    The Red Ball Express

    5.8 1952 HD

    August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the...

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  • 1969
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    The Lost Man

    The Lost Man

    4 1969 HD

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

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  • 1999
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    Free of Eden

    Free of Eden

    10 1999 HD

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

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  • 1951
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    Cry, the Beloved Country

    Cry, the Beloved Country

    5.9 1951 HD

    In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living...

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  • 2013
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    Moms Mabley

    Moms Mabley

    6.7 2013 HD

    A feature documentary about Jackie "Moms" Mabley, an African-American stand-up comic and show-biz pioneer who emerged from the Chitlin' Circuit of...

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  • 2000
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    Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

    Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

    1 2000 HD

    A career overview of film and TV actor Richard Widmark.

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  • 1984
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    I Love Quincy

    I Love Quincy

    1 1984 HD

    Documentary profile of musician and producer Quincy Jones

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  • 1997
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    Mandela and de Klerk

    Mandela and de Klerk

    6.4 1997 HD

    Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's...

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  • 1959
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    Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

    5 1959 HD

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

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  • 1955
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    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

    1 1955 HD

    Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Television film for The Philco Television Playhouse...

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  • 1970
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    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    7.3 1970 HD

    Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...

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  • 1956
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    Good-bye, My Lady

    Good-bye, My Lady

    7.7 1956 HD

    An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.

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  • 2003
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    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    1 2003 HD

    Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992).

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  • 2022
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    Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain

    Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain

    7.6 2022 HD

    In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its...

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  • 1985
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    Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

    8 1985 HD

    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...

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  • 1998
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    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    8 1998 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    8 1995 HD

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

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  • 1997
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    Afro Promo

    Afro Promo

    1 1997 HD

    A series of thirty-two trailers put together to illustrate the film industry's attitude to and packaging of African-American screen imagery.

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  • 2007
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    Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    6.8 2007 HD

    The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie...

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  • 1966
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    The Strolling '20s

    The Strolling '20s

    1 1966 HD

    Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...

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  • 2017
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    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    6.2 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    8 1986 HD

    In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and...

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  • 1979
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    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    7 1979 HD

    This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson...

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  • 1954
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    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    5.7 1954 HD

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

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.971 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 2018
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    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

    1 2018 HD

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

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  • 1972
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    Nationtime

    Nationtime

    1 1972 HD

    A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the...

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  • 2017
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    The Madding Crowd

    The Madding Crowd

    1 2017 HD

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

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  • 2018
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    Mr. SOUL!

    Mr. SOUL!

    7 2018 HD

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

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  • 2017
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    I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    7.721 2017 HD

    Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the...

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  • 2000
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    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    6 2000 HD

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

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  • 1990
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    Ghost Dad

    Ghost Dad

    5.1 1990 HD

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  • 1972
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    Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

    6.2 1972 HD

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  • 1980
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    Stir Crazy

    Stir Crazy

    6.456 1980 HD

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  • 1982
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    Hanky Panky

    Hanky Panky

    5.284 1982 HD

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  • 1972
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    Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

    6.2 1972 HD

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  • 1974
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    Uptown Saturday Night

    Uptown Saturday Night

    6.091 1974 HD

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  • 1975
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    Let's Do It Again

    Let's Do It Again

    6.7 1975 HD

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  • 1977
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    A Piece of the Action

    A Piece of the Action

    5.5 1977 HD

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  • 1973
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    A Warm December

    A Warm December

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1968
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    For Love of Ivy

    For Love of Ivy

    5.8 1968 HD

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  • 1985
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    Fast Forward

    Fast Forward

    5.5 1985 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1973
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    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    6.3 1973 HD

    In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1978
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    The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

    7.3 1978 HD

    The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

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  • 1995
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    Children of the Dust

    Children of the Dust

    7 1995 HD

    Gypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the US army into a Cheyenne camp to capture a suspected Indian renegade, a long train...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1991
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    Separate but Equal

    Separate but Equal

    6 1991 HD

    A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.658 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 1952
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    6 1952 HD

    Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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  • 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.8 1944 HD

    An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...

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