Sidney Poitier Black And White
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Sidney Poitier Black And White
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Author : Philip Powers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-27
Sidney Poitier Black And White written by Philip Powers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-27 with categories.
When you mention the name "Sidney Poitier" many Hollywood fans will remember fondly "To Sir, with Love" or "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". These were ground-breaking films for many reasons, not least for the way in which they solidified Poitier's place as a black icon.In these times, the world has seen afresh the challenges faced by people of colour in the United States and other western nations. There is nothing new in this struggle. Poitier's acting roles of the 1960s created a particular dilemma for him. Except for one or two decisions, he carefully selected characters which would reflect his own life experience, struggles and desire for radical change.Over the decades, he has become a somewhat reluctant icon, put on a pedestal by a generation of black celebrities and film stars for choosing roles that gave both black and white Americans an alternative picture of society. Too perfect for some, too imperfect for others, his work attracted critical opinion that was as differentiated as black is to white.This book takes a look at Poitier's early life and work in the 1960s and early 70s, the people who influenced his career and a fascinating sample of the contemporary critical views.In the beginning Poitier was a supporting actor in films with Hollywood stars such as Clark Gable and Tony Curtis. In 1964 he won an Oscar as Best Actor in "Lilies of the Field." A few years later he was in the box office hit "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," co-starring with the legendary Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Five years after that he was the first-time film director of a ground-breaking Western, "Buck and the Preacher."The transition from popular black actor to acceptance as a director was challenging.As an actor-director he had multiple hits in the 1970s with "Uptown Saturday Night," "Let's Do It Again" and "A Piece of the Action." His biggest hit was "Stir Crazy" in 1981 starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. The Sidney Poitier-directed film eventually grossed almost a $100 million in American theaters alone.Philip Powers' book "Sidney Poitier: Black and White" explores the events in the sixties in the United States where Poitier was occasionally a minor player, where Poitier was a teenage bystander for many years as his life was swept up in black-white confrontations. It looks at the people in Hollywood - like Stanley Kramer - who were responsible for addressing the big issues of the period. It explores the lives of people Poitier knew well and worked with in the volatile environment of that period in America. It describes the racism Poitier endured when he couldn't eat in certain restaurants or stay in particular hotels. When a policeman put the muzzle of a gun to Poitier's forehead and threatened to shoot him.As part of Poitier's journey he became involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s lending his supporting to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He worked with his friend Harry Belafonte, a pop superstar, who marched with Dr. King on many occasions, to demand societal change for African Americans."Black and White" explores these events using the words of the media to illustrate Poitier's journey from a poor black boy to a black icon, an inspiration to millions of black people who didn't know it could be done.
White Papers For White Americans
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Author : Calvin C. Hernton
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1982-08-11
White Papers For White Americans written by Calvin C. Hernton and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-08-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Author's hurricane and flooding video aired on national television by ABC's Nightline to 3.9 million people. A finalist in the Global eBook Awards, this is a behind-the-scenes look at cruise ships in a way that's never been done before. Some of the stories are shocking, some are enlightening, but most are just laugh-out-loud entertaining. This tour behind those "Crew Only" doors will reveal: - How romance on a cruise ship is unlike anywhere else - The insane things passengers do - Why alcohol is mandatory at sea - How nude cruises compare to Christian cruises - A first hand account of damage from getting caught in a hurricane Jay Herring was an American senior officer and one of the few who had physical access to the entire ship. He worked with every department and every senior officer, including the captain. His wife worked in the casino, and combined they worked for Carnival Cruise Lines for 10 years and sailed on over 503 cruises. If you've ever wondered what happens below deck on a cruise ship, then get ready to laugh through an experience unlike any other . . Chapter 1 How Easy Is Romance on a Cruise Ship? I had been onboard my first ship for five days when I went to the crew bar and met a woman from Trinidad and Tobago. She was a black woman and she was overweight, maybe even a little flabby, but such a sweetheart. I saw her the next night in the crew bar and she looked upset so I went over and sat down. "What's wrong?" I asked. "I just had an argument with the chief purser," she said with her Caribbean accent. "That's too bad." "Yes, I do not get along with the pursers on this ship very well," she said, starting to tear up a little. "I do not have many friends onboard." Although I liked her, I could understand why others might shy away. She had slow, almost voodoo-like mannerisms that bordered on creepy. But she was so easy to talk to and, like me, perfectly content to sit and talk one on one. "So do you have a girlfriend?" she asked, changing the subject. "No." "Have you been with anyone on the ship yet?" "Nope. It's actually been twelve years since I slept with someone." "Come on now." "It's true." I said, and then told her why (more on that later). "Hmm. That's fascinating. You know, I used to sleep with a skinny white guy from England on my last ship. You remind me of him." "Oh, yeah?" "He and I had lots of fun, and I never left him unsatisfied. I may not look it, but I'm actually a really good lover." "You don't say." "I've been with lots of men in my day. I'm forty-one, after all. And in my years, I've learned exactly what men like and how to please them. And now"-she took a sip of her drink-"and now all the men I sleep with are extremely satisfied." I had always imagined athletic girls-especially flexible athletic girls-to be the best lovers. But this lady from Trinidad had me rethinking that assumption. Maybe it was just another one of the after effects of abstinence, but those voodoo mannerisms were now bordering on sensual. "Would you like to have sex with me?" she asked, taking another sip of her drink. "We could go to my cabin right now." Woodrow. I couldn't believe how quickly the opportunity had presented itself. "I might be interested in that." "Might?" "Yeah." "But not right now?" "Yeah, not just yet." "Okay, well, you think about it and I'll call you later this week." She got up and left me at the table, alone with my thoughts. My cabin phone rang at 8:00 p.m. two days later. "Hi, it's me," she said. "How are you?" "I'm good. How are you?" I responded. "Good, good. Are you ready to do what we talked about the other night?" she asked, wasting no time on idle chit-chat...
The Cinema Of Sidney Poitier
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Author : Lester J. Keyser
language : en
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
Release Date : 1980
The Cinema Of Sidney Poitier written by Lester J. Keyser and has been published by A. S. Barnes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Poitier Revisited
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Author : Ian Gregory Strachan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-11-27
Poitier Revisited written by Ian Gregory Strachan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-27 with Art categories.
Sidney Poitier remains one of the most recognizable black men in the world. Widely celebrated but at times criticized for the roles he played during a career that spanned 60 years, there can be no comprehensive discussion of black men in American film, and no serious analysis of 20th century American film history that excludes him. Poitier Revisited offers a fresh interrogation of the social, cultural and political significance of the Poitier oeuvre. The contributions explore the broad spectrum of critical issues summoned up by Poitier's iconic work as actor, director and filmmaker. Despite his stature, Poitier has actually been under-examined in film criticism generally. This work reconsiders his pivotal role in film and American race relations, by arguing persuasively, that even in this supposedly 'post-racial' moment of Barack Obama, the struggles, aspirations, anxieties, and tensions Poitier's films explored are every bit as relevant today as when they were first made.
Sidney Poitier
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Author : Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi
language : en
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Release Date : 2022-08-01
Sidney Poitier written by Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi and has been published by North Star Editions, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This fascinating book introduces readers to the life of Sidney Poitier, a Black actor whose artistic and cultural contributions have expanded and illuminated the collective conversation on race.
Colorization
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Author : Wil Haygood
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2021-10-19
Colorization written by Wil Haygood and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-19 with Performing Arts categories.
A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE • ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book.… Without a doubt, not only the very best film book [but] also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An absolutely essential read.” —Shondaland This unprecedented history of Black cinema examines 100 years of Black movies—from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitation films to Black Panther—using the struggles and triumphs of the artists, and the films themselves, as a prism to explore Black culture, civil rights, and racism in America. From the acclaimed author of The Butler and Showdown. Beginning in 1915 with D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation—which glorified the Ku Klux Klan and became Hollywood's first blockbuster—Wil Haygood gives us an incisive, fascinating, little-known history, spanning more than a century, of Black artists in the film business, on-screen and behind the scenes. He makes clear the effects of changing social realities and events on the business of making movies and on what was represented on the screen: from Jim Crow and segregation to white flight and interracial relationships, from the assassination of Malcolm X, to the O. J. Simpson trial, to the Black Lives Matter movement. He considers the films themselves—including Imitation of Life, Gone with the Wind, Porgy and Bess, the Blaxploitation films of the seventies, Do The Right Thing, 12 Years a Slave, and Black Panther. And he brings to new light the careers and significance of a wide range of historic and contemporary figures: Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Berry Gordy, Alex Haley, Spike Lee, Billy Dee Willliams, Richard Pryor, Halle Berry, Ava DuVernay, and Jordan Peele, among many others. An important, timely book, Colorization gives us both an unprecedented history of Black cinema and a groundbreaking perspective on racism in modern America.
I Am Not Sidney Poitier
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Author : Percival Everett
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2023-09-28
I Am Not Sidney Poitier written by Percival Everett and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-28 with Fiction categories.
I Am Not Sidney Poitier is a comic tour de force from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Trees, Dr No and Erasure (adapted into an Oscar-nominated film). The sudden death of Not Sidney Poitier’s mother orphans him at age eleven. He is left with a name no one understands, an uncanny resemblance to an Oscar-winning actor, and serious amount of shares in the Turner Corporation. Percival Everett’s novel follows Not Sidney’s tumultuous life, as the social hierarchy scrambles to balance his skin colour with his fabulous wealth. Maturing under the less than watchful eye of his adopted foster father, Ted Turner, Not Sidney learns to navigate a world that doesn’t know what to do with him. This novel ranks as one of the greatest achievements of Percival Everett, an overlooked master of American storytelling.
Sidney Poitier
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Author : Aram Goudsouzian
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2011-01-20
Sidney Poitier written by Aram Goudsouzian and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the first full biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career of a Hollywood legend, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement. Poitier is a gifted actor, a great American success story, an intriguing personality, and a political symbol; his life and career illuminate America's racial history. In such films as Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Poitier's middle-class, mannered, virtuous screen persona contradicted prevailing film stereotypes of blacks as half-wits, comic servants, or oversexed threats. His screen image and public support of nonviolent integration assuaged the fears of a broad political center, and by 1968, Poitier was voted America's favorite movie star. Through careful readings of every Poitier film, Goudsouzian shows that Poitier's characters often made sacrifices for the good of whites and rarely displayed sexuality. As the only black leading man during the civil rights era, Poitier chose roles and public positions that negotiated the struggle for dignity. By 1970, times had changed and Poitier was the target of a backlash from film critics and black radicals, as the new heroes of "blaxploitation" movies reversed the Poitier model. In the 1970s, Poitier shifted his considerable talents toward directing, starring in, and producing popular movies that employed many African Americans, both on and off screen. After a long hiatus, he returned to starring roles in the late 1980s. More recently, the film industry has reappraised his career, and Poitier has received numerous honors recognizing his multi-faceted work for black equality in Hollywood. As this biography affirms, Poitier remains one of American popular culture's foremost symbols of the possibilities for and limits of racial equality.
The Measure Of A Man
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Author : Sidney Poitier
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
The Measure Of A Man written by Sidney Poitier and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite the contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in selfquestioning. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've done at measuring up to the values I myself have set." In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. His body of work is arguably the most morally significant in cinematic history, and the power and influence of that work are indicative of the character of the man behind the many storied roles. Sidney Poitier here explores these elements of character and personal values to take his own measure--as a man, as a husband and father, and as an actor. Poitier credits his parents and his childhood on tiny Cat Island in the Bahamas for equipping him with the unflinching sense of right and wrong and of selfworth that he has never surrendered and that have dramatically shaped his world. "In the kind of place where I grew up," recalls Poitier, "what's coming at you is the sound of the sea and the smell of the wind and momma's voice and the voice of your dad and the craziness of your brothers and sisters ... and that's it." Without television, radio, and material distractions to obscure what matters most, he could enjoy the simple things, endure the long commitments, and find true meaning in his life. Poitier was uncompromising as he pursued a personal and public life that would honor his upbringing and the invaluable legacy of his parents just a few years after his introduction to indoor plumbing and the automobile, Poitier broke racial barrier after racial barrier to launch a pioneering acting career. Committed to the notion that what one does for a living articulates who one is, Poitier played only forceful and affecting characters who said something positive, useful, and lasting about the human condition. Here, finally, is Poitier's own introspective look at what has informed his performances and his life. Poitier explores the nature of sacrifice and commitment, pride and humility, rage and forgiveness, and paying the price for artistic integrity, What emerges is a picture of a man seeking truth, passion, and balance in the face of limits--his own and the world's. A triumph of the spirit, The Measure of a Man captures the essential Poitier.
African Americans In Film
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Author : Camille R. Michaels
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2017-07-15
African Americans In Film written by Camille R. Michaels and has been published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The whitewashing of roles in films and the lack of representation at awards shows such as the Oscars are only two of the career obstacles African American actors and filmmakers have historically faced. Although blackface is now taboo, racism is still prevalent in Hollywood. Readers explore the causes of the systemic oppression that has made it difficult for African Americans to break into the movie business. Through full-color photographs and primary sources, readers will learn how to become more thoughtful viewers of movies and television.