NR | 1h 52min | Documentary, Biography | 23 September 2022 (USA)
There’s little doubt in the mind of anyone of a certain age that Sidney Poitier broke many barriers both on and off the screen. The recipient of countless performance, achievement, and humanitarian awards, a knighthood, and an ambassadorship, Poitier’s influence on the arts and global politics cannot be overstated.
Judging by the wear and amount of lines on Poitier’s face and photos of him taken closer to his passing in January of this year, this project has been in the works for at least five years, and probably longer, but it is thankfully not a vanity project….