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    Nationtime 1972 POSTER

    Nationtime

    1972

    English

    7.2

    2

    100%

    Action

    Documentary

    William Greaves William Greaves Director Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson as Self Isaac Hayes Isaac Hayes as Self Al Freeman Jr. Al Freeman Jr. as Self Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier as Self - Narrator
    A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall.
    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist 1979 POSTER

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    1979

    English

    7.5

    75%

    75%

    Action

    Biography

    Documentary

    Music

    Saul J. Turell Saul J. Turell Director Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier as Narrator Paul Robeson Paul Robeson as Self Margaret Webster Margaret Webster as Self - Director of 'Othello'
    This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, “Ol’ Man River.”
    To Sir, with Love II 1996 POSTER

    To Sir, with Love II

    1996

    English

    6.4

    10

    60%

    60%

    Action

    chicago, illinois

    Drama

    education

    juvenile delinquency

    teacher

    Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich Director Neil Flynn Neil Flynn as Detective Dennis Daniel J. Travanti Daniel J. Travanti as Horace Weaver Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier as Mark Thackeray Judy Geeson Judy Geeson as Pamela Dare
    After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.
    Cry, the Beloved Country 1951 POSTER

    Cry, the Beloved Country

    1951

    English

    7.0

    7

    92%

    65%

    Action

    apartheid

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    johannesburg south africa

    minister

    pre-unix

    south africa

    Zoltan Korda Zoltan Korda Director Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen as Father Vincent Joyce Carey Joyce Carey as Margaret Jarvis Michael Goodliffe Michael Goodliffe as Martens Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangu
    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 in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
    The Loving Story 2011 POSTER

    The Loving Story

    2011

    English

    7.7

    3

    100%

    85%

    Action

    civil rights

    Documentary

    Drama

    History

    interracial relationship

    Romance

    supreme court

    woman director

    Nancy Buirski Nancy Buirski Director Jane Alexander Jane Alexander as Eleanor James Earl Jones James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson Katharine Houghton Katharine Houghton as Joey Drayton Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier as John Prentice
    This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmark Supreme Court Case, Loving v. Virginia, that changed history.
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