Sir Sidney Poitier changed the film world on the way to changing the larger world. Before Poitier’s movies, “Black characters were jolly statuary — hoisting luggage, serving food, tending children — meant to decorate a white American’s dream.”
Sir Sidney Poitier changed the film world on the way to changing the larger world. Before Poitier’s movies, “Black characters were jolly statuary — hoisting luggage, serving food, tending children — meant to decorate a white American’s dream.”