Sidney Poitier, An Outsider in Hollywood
Director Catherine Arnaud
Countries France
Duration 70 min
Synopsis
Catherine Arnaud builds a portrait of one of the greatest Hollywood actors and a living symbol of the American dream, Sidney Poitier, now 80 years of age, and the first black man to win an Oscar by the Academy. It is the history of an actor who offered hope in equal rights to an entire generation, by achieving stardom and quietly struggling against racism prejudice and social injustice. A destiny that walked side by side with the one of the Afro-American community in the United States for decades.
Catherine Arnaud builds a portrait of one of the greatest Hollywood actors and a living symbol of the American dream, Sidney Poitier, now 80 years of age, and the first black man to win an Oscar by the Academy. It is the history of an actor who offered hope in equal rights to an entire generation, by achieving stardom and quietly struggling against racism prejudice and social injustice. A destiny that walked side by side with the one of the Afro-American community in the United States for decades.