Sidney Poitier
24) Brother John
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
A mysterious man with a sense for death arrives in town to see his dying sister, and soon becomes the center of unrest and suspicion.
26) A Warm December
Pub. Date
[2009], c1972
Description
Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter have arrived in London for a month long visit. They are there for dirt-bike racing competition and unexpectedly, the widowed Dr. Younger begins a new romance.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind.
Series
Pub. Date
copyright 1999.
Description
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
"A raisin in the sun is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit ... the Younger family, frustrated with living in their crowded Chicago apartment, sees the arrival of a $10,000 insurance...
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Detective Virgil Tibbs has been assigned to solve the murder of a prostitute. His pal, a political-minded minister who is spearheading a referendum on community control, is suspected of the homicide and Tibbs is faced with the decision of whether or not to invesigate.
31) The long ships
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
The film feature the adventure of Viking battling Moors for fabled treasures.
Pub. Date
[2000], c1972
Description
An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west.
34) Duel at Diablo
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
A revenge-minded scout helps a cavalry troop transport guns and ammunitions through Indian territory.
Author
Description
While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black Philadelphian homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman. Finding the killer, however, proves difficult when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town sheriff (Rod Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race...
Pub. Date
2012
Description
A woman, played by Anne Bancroft, who takes an overdose of prescription pills and calls a crisis clinic for help. Sidney Poitier, plays a college volunteer who tries to keep the suicidal woman on the line while asking the police to trace the call. Stirling Silliphant wrote the screenplay based upon an actual incident reported in Time Magazine.
Author
Description
Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier), an itinerant handyman, is driving through the desert when he meets five nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers the Mother Superior also wants him to build their chapel - for free! Hesitant at first, Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive a monetary reward, Homer knows that when his work is done, he'll leave the desert town...
Pub. Date
℗♭2007
Description
12 monkeys: A lone time traveller from the year 2035 must solve a riddle that may save his people ... but it may also take him to the brink of madness. Mercury rising: Art Jefferies, a renegade FBI agent, combats ruthless Federal agents to protect Simon, a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the govrenment's new "unbreakable" code. The jackal: A ruthless assassin has been hired to emiminate someone at the very top of the U.S. govrnment. Constantly...
Author
Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 1
Description
Take a critical look into the lack of opportunities afforded to minorities in Hollywood since film as an art form has existed. How did minorities finally gain a foothold in the film industry? Who challenged themselves to seek to effect such change? And, overall, how has Hollywood transformed over the course of time in ways that are reflective of society in general?
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