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Becoming Sidney

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Regina Williams, Ray Xifo, Ken Gregory, Jermaine Davis, Jadon Shamir, Dimi Belolipetskiy, Calvin Bonds, Omer Lotan, Holly Logan, and Aaron Kendall Wilson in Becoming Sidney
In a number of high profile interviews, Academy Award winning actor, Sidney Poitier recounted his humble beginnings as a dishwasher aspiring to become an actor in post-war New York. As a young man newly migrated from the Bahamas, working as a dishwasher, he discovers an ad in the Amsterdam Newspaper for actors to audition for the American Negro Theater in Harlem. Despite the challenges of not being able to read very well, Sidney goes to the audition, where he soon discovers that he is not only completely unprepared and is thrown out of the audition for lying about being an actor. Yet his passion to be more does not go unnoticed; Howard Katz is an elderly Jewish waiter working at the same restaurant sees something special in Sidney and offers his guidance, by becoming an unexpected mentor.
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A determined young Bahamian dishwasher finds an unexpected mentor in an elderly waiter who helps him overcome adversity and prepare for a pivotal audition, setting him on the path to becomin... Read allA determined young Bahamian dishwasher finds an unexpected mentor in an elderly waiter who helps him overcome adversity and prepare for a pivotal audition, setting him on the path to becoming a legendary actor.A determined young Bahamian dishwasher finds an unexpected mentor in an elderly waiter who helps him overcome adversity and prepare for a pivotal audition, setting him on the path to becoming a legendary actor.

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    • Ray Xifo
    • Regina Williams
    • Christopher Hancock
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      • Ken Gregory
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      • Ken Gregory
    • Stars
      • Ray Xifo
      • Regina Williams
      • Christopher Hancock
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    Ray Xifo
    • Howard Katz
    Regina Williams
    Regina Williams
    • Ruby Dee
    Christopher Hancock
    Christopher Hancock
    • Abram Hill
    Jadon Shamir
    Jadon Shamir
    • Sidney Poitier
    Tyrone Stewart
    • Willie Johnson
    Clifton J. Williams
    Clifton J. Williams
    • Johnny Brooks
    Holly Logan
    Holly Logan
    • Jackie Waters
    Calvin Bonds
    • Oscar Micheaux
    Aaron Kendall Wilson
    Aaron Kendall Wilson
    • James Edwards
    Wylie Strout
    Wylie Strout
    • Elisa Berry
    Jermaine Davis
    • Frederick ONeal
    Dimi Belolipetskiy
    Dimi Belolipetskiy
    • Dominic Karpelli
    Geo Harrison
    • Marvin Davis
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