Sidney Poitier
The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward
$67.41
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2024
Summary
The speeches of film legend Sidney Poitier—given at commencement addresses, awards shows, memorials, and more, on topics ranging from entertainment history to filmmaking, civil rights, and parenthood—come to vibrant life in this inspirational and stunningly packaged volume from the Poitier estate that sheds new light on the trailblazing artist’s life and culture of the past century.
Sidney Poitier represented strength, good looks, and above all dignity at a time when …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780762487172 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0762487178 |
| Author: | Sidney Poitier, Joanna Poitier, Oprah Winfrey |
| Publisher: | Running Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Running Press Adult |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 740g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 198mm x 22mm |
About The Author
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier was a groundbreaking international film star, director, author, civil rights activist, and father of six. Over the course of his life, his image both onscreen and off stood as an example of strength, style, talent, and integrity. He starred in more than forty films, including The Defiant Ones, A Raisin in the Sun, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and Lilies of the Field, for which Poitier became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Over the years Poitier’s achievements were recognized with a Kennedy Center Honors Award, an NAACP Image Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Grammy Award, and the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, among many other accolades.
Joanna Poitier is a Canadian actress who starred in more than a dozen films under her given name of Joanna Shimkus before marrying Sidney Poitier in 1976. She is the mother of their two daughters, Anika and Sydney Tamiia. She resides in Los Angeles, CA.
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