It started with Norman Brokenshire. As a young man from the Bahamas, aspiring actor Sidney Poitier had a thick accent, which prevented him from landing regular roles. And so he spent his nights ...

This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to our series, Classic Films and Movie Icons, with the interview I recorded with Sidney Poitier in 2000 after the publication of his memoir. Poitier said he always ...

1949 was Hollywood’s year of the racial message movie. In May, Intruder In The Dust told the story of a Black man falsely accused of murdering a white man. July and September saw the release of Lost ...

Sidney Poitier, who became the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar in 1963, passed away at 94 Thursday evening. “Sidney Poitier does not make movies. He makes milestones. Milestones of ...

Sidney Poitier will receive the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ highest honor, at the film academy’s main awards ceremony in London Feb. 14. Suggested Reading The ...

Ninety-three-year-old actor and filmmaker Sidney Poitier is one of the most celebrated figures in Hollywood. Among several awards and a filmography that spans all the way to 1946, Poitier is now also ...

Hollywood stars such as Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg and Viola Davis took to social media on Friday to pay tribute to Sidney Poitier, who has died at 94. Poitier made history in 1964 when he became ...

"Early on, Sidney said — I don’t know if it was an insult or a compliment, or something," he begins. "It was like… They were talking about doing Malcolm X. Norman Jewison was putting it together, and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — At 93, screen legend Sidney Poitier has achieved a new career milestone: Arizona State University has unveiled The Sidney Poitier New American Film School. University president Michael ...

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy, 63, who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live before establishing himself ...