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Join us for the gripping drama THE SLENDER THREAD, where Sidney Poitier stars alongside Anne Bancroft in Sydney Pollack's directorial debut.
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Hollywood-ography
Maureen Lee Lenker and Oriana Nudo · Film & TV · English
A movie podcast dedicated to exploring the full filmographies of Hollywood's greatest stars
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S4 · E26 · 12 Jun 2025 · 41 min
Guess Who's Cominng To Dinner
Join us for Sidney Poitier's last performance of 1967, in the still divisive GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, where he stars alongside Hollywood Greats, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in his final film performance.
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S4 · E25 · 28 May 2025 · 46 min
In The Heat of The Night
Join us for IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, a slow burn thriller and the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1967.
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S4 · E24 · 22 May 2025 · 31 min
To Sir, With Love
Join us in discussing one of Sidney Poitier's most beloved performances in TO SIR, WITH LOVE, which also kicks off the most significant year in his film career.
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S4 · E23 · 14 May 2025 · 29 min
Duel at Diablo
Join us for DUEL AT DIABLO, Sidney Poitier's first foray into the western genre.
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S4 · E22 · 7 May 2025 · 33 min
A Patch of Blue
Join us for A PATCH OF BLUE, a beautiful melodrama with stunning performances from Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, and Shelley Winters - it is also the first film to depict an interracial kiss.
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S4 · E20 · 23 Apr 2025 · 21 min
The Bedford Incident
Join us for THE BEDFORD INCIDENT, a bleak view of life aboard a US Navy Destroyer during the Cold War that pairs Sidney Poitier with Richard Widmark for the third time.
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S4 · E19 · 17 Apr 2025 · 34 min
THE LONG SHIPS & THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
Join us for the bizarre Viking film THE LONG SHIPS, as well as Sidney Poitier's only cameo in THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD.
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S4 · E18 · 9 Apr 2025 · 38 min
Lilies of the Field
Join us for Sidney Poitier's historic Oscar-winning performance in LILIES OF THE FIELD, where he became the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor.
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S4 · E17 · 2 Apr 2025 · 27 min
Pressure Point
Join us for PRESSURE POINT, an avant-garde psychological drama about a racist Nazi sympathizer who has been imprisoned for sedition.
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S4 · E16 · 26 Mar 2025 · 28 min
Paris Blues
Join us for PARIS BLUES, Sidney Poitier's final film with Martin Ritt and his only pairing with off screen love interest Diahann Carroll.
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