Sidney: son héritage

Original title: Sidney

2022
16
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

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From producer Oprah Winfrey and directed by Reginald Hudlin, this revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement. Featuring candid interviews with Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, Barbra Streisand, Spike Lee and many more, the film is also produced by Derik Murray, in close collaboration with the Poitier family.

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Biography Documentary

Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 6 nominations total

Top cast26

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Sidney Poitier

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Harry Belafonte

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Halle Berry

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Willie Blue

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(as Reverend Willie Blue)

Morgan Freeman

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Nelson George

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Louis Gossett Jr.

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Aram Goudsouzian

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Juanita Poitier

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(as Juanita Hardy)

Sydney Tamiia Poitier

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(as Sydney Poitier Heartsong)

Katharine Houghton

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Quincy Jones

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Lenny Kravitz

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Spike Lee

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Lulu

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Anika Poitier

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Beverly Poitier-Henderson

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Joanna Shimkus

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(as Joanna Shimkus Poitier)

Director
- Reginald Hudlin
Writer
- Jesse James Miller
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User reviews16

Featured review

6/10

Old fashioned documentary on a great subject

Sidney Poitier was a great actor and a great man, so I was very much looking forward to this movie, especially given some very positive reviews.

The documentary 'Sidney' is fascinating when Poitier is on screen, being interviewed for this project or in the extensive archive footage.

However it is intensely irritating when some random celebrity comes on screen to tell us what we've just heard, or explain the obvious.

I don't mind the views and anecdotes from his family or people who actually knew him, but there were too many unnecessary talking heads delivering exposition that had obviously been scripted by the production.

conradb
Sep 24, 2022
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The footage of Poitier telling his life story is from nearly eight hours of unaired footage of interviews conducted by the film's producer, Oprah Winfrey, in 2012.