Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City at the start of his career; his involvement in the US civil-rights movement; and efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Friends and acquaintances, as well as other performers, give their insights about what makes him so special.
- Date of release
- 2000-02-02
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Lee Grant
Casting
- Stanley Burnside
- Lee Grant — Narrator
- Lady Kendal Isaacs
- Norman Jewison
- James Earl Jones
- Quincy Jones
- Stanley Kramer
- Philip Rose
- Robert Townsend
- Orville Turnquest
- Sidney Poitier
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