Sidney Poitier Movies

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

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

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,...

This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first...

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

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

A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.

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...

Eight young people from Ohio who are dancers, come to New York, to compete in a major talent competition. But when they get there, they learn that...

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...

Story essentially dealt with the dedication of three young Yanks - G, Smith's concern for wilderness preservation, H. Haskin's work with a...

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

Exceptionally talented actor and bridge-builder between black and white, a political icon and artist at the same time: that was Sidney Poitier. He...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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