Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

6.7 2000 55 min
Documentary

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 mov…

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Director
Lee Grant
Writer
Prudence Glass

Cast

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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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