Sidney Poitier Movies

The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their...

Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's...

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...

In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and...

Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992).

Composer, record, TV and film producer, arranger, instrumentalist, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur - Quincy Jones has done it all. In...

A psychiatrist tries to treat an emotionally disturbed teenage boy who has a pathological fear of being touched. The only person who can communicate...

Documentary profile of musician and producer Quincy Jones

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

Documentary about Hollywood.

The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

During the Korean War, the lieutenant in charge of a Marine rifle platoon is killed in battle. Before he dies, he places the platoon's sergeant,...

This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson...

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Television film for The Philco Television Playhouse...

A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.

Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City...

An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.

"A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.