A resurfaced clip of iconic actor Sidney Poitier rebuking reporters focused on his race was widely shared on the late actor's birthday Monday. In a video entitled "Black Views on Race," Poitier and ...

Thanks to an assist from Oprah, the filmmaker had a wealth of material to work with for 'Sidney,' but struggled with what to leave out: "We had to tell the whole story." By Mia Galuppo Senior ...

The star-producer, along with Sidney director Reginald Hudlin, sat down with EW to talk about the late groundbreaking actor, new revelations in the documentary, and why she was “terrible” at booking.

When the late Sidney Poitier embarked on a movie career in the early 1950s, he entered an industry with a history of depicting Black people in the most negative fashion. The Birth of a Nation, the ...

With Oprah Winfrey on board as a producer (with Derik Murray) and Reginald Hudlin as director, Poitier gets an extraordinarily comprehensive and wide-ranging look at his life told in linear fashion ...

“Sidney,” a documentary tribute to the trailblazing Black movie star Sidney Poitier, was produced by Oprah Winfrey, and it leans far more toward one-dimensional inspiration than insight. Important ...

Reginald Hudlin directs the AppleTV+ portrait of actor and activist Poitier, who died in January at age 94. Sidney Poitier‘s barrier-breaking legacy is now back on the big screen. The Documentary ...

During an interview for Apple TV+’s “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood,” Murphy revealed he bumped into Poitier and brought up that he had been approached to play Alex Haley ...

Sidney Poitier was not expected to live. He was born two months premature to uneducated tomato farmers in the Caribbean. His father planned to use a shoe box as a makeshift coffin. Poitier’s rise from ...

On June 30, 1998, James Earl Jones sat down with actress and director Lee Grant to discuss Sidney Poitier's impact on himself and other young Black actors. Interview conducted for "Sidney Poitier: One ...

The great acting legend Sidney Poitier died in January at age 94. He did not live to see the thrilling new documentary on his life and career, Sidney, which had its world premiere Saturday night at ...

James Earl Jones talks Sidney Poitier's impact on himself and other young Black actors. On June 30, 1998, James Earl Jones sat down with actress and director Lee Grant to discuss Sidney Poitier's ...