The first time i heard about Sidney Poitier was in a motivational talk by Les Brown around 2009. In the talk, Les makes a quote, 'When you walk with another man, two things happen. You either adjust to their pace or they adjust to yours." This was a direct quote from Poitier's book - The Measure of a Man. He was a rare breed in a world bereft of men of character.
I bought his book 5years ago called A measure of a man. Now I am really sad he is gone because I was thinking about starting a podcast and his book was one I wanted to discuss. Mr. Poitier will be missed by me and my team. RIP Sidney Poitier.
Thank you for sharing. Sidney is my favorite Actor. I had a wish to meet him someday. He had a compelling impact on me and the world. Once in a lifetime. There is this amazing man. His name is Sidney Poitier. RiH beautiful man ❤️
Greatness comes out of nothing, you can come from a humble poor background and achieve the greatest although the journey may be rough at times. That’s the lesson I learned here from this man.
Can't recall seeing anything on mainstream news about this great man's passing, one of my alltime favourites, but fitting that he will be remembered on this channel...Rest in peace...
Actually Sidney's passing was everywhere. Perhaps you missed the broadcasts at the time, but I definitely remember seeing news of his passing on ET, CNN, Channel 9 etc.
Glad you pulled this one out reelblack. I missed the original airing and enjoyed this immensely...what a life! Now, if only I could see The Lost Man--given the title and year, which contrary to the critics, should be a good one,
How dare anyone judge the tightrope walker that he’s not keeping his balance properly. The proof is in his stability, the staying on, ignoring cries for his demise from all sides, and finishing the journey with his back straight and his head high. Mr. Poitier walked that rope better than anyone ever did or could. It was his calling. He did it well. We are all the better for it, not just in entertainment, but as human beings.
Agreed that's why we shouldn't be so hard to judge people harshly because we don't know how they was brought up or how they was raised growing up or upbringing.
He came from a humble poor background in a turbulent times of racial disparities in America. His Humility was there for all to see. He was so concerned of how he portrayed his race on screen tells you a lot about this man that he’s was not a selfish person.
I enjoyed this documentary of Sidney Poitier. My admiration has no boundaries due to the way Sidney Poitier played is roles in all his performance with moral, ethics and dignity.
Mr. Poitier, my favorite actor, taught me to respect the depth of filmmaking. His eloquence, in every way, illustrated how I want to be; I will never reach that summit, but his memory will remind me of his all encompassing stance. WHY was A Patch Of Blue glossed over and The Slender Thread not mentioned?????? God bless you in Heaven, Kind Sir.
@@gardensofthegodsIt is Excellent and please watch two of my favorites: To Sir With Love, and Guess Who is Coming To Dinner. Excellent cast in both movies
Always love your content! Sidney will always be the GOAT and I hope you get some of his movies uploaded. I also hope you get the Denzel Washington bio and Eddie Murphy special back.
"... some old guy slap in the cheek he didn't give the other cheek" now that's something to see, "given those days." Respect, & magnificent mile & scene in film history then.
I first saw Sidney Poitier in To Sir with Love. He was so handsome and so good in the role. Loved him from he point. I grew up in Western Victoria Australia and had never heard of trouble with the coloured. All people were humans. That was it. I didnt see any difference
Top 10 Sidney Poitier movies: 1. Lillies of The Field. 2. In The Heat of The Night. 3. Shoot To Kill. 4. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. 5. The Defiant Ones. 6. To Sir with Love. 7. Uptown Saturday Night. 8. A Patch of Blue. 9. A Raisin in The Sun. 10. Sneakers. One of the best to ever do it! Along with Denzel, Jimmy Stewart , Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, and Cary Grant.
When he first started out he married a beautiful queen and had beautiful children that look like them but for some reason as they get successful the landscape of their relationship begins to look different
It's so sad that people equate success with personal preferences that have nothing to do with success! It means absolutely nothing to anybody except those on the outside who take the energy to criticize, not having spent one moment to inquire what brought two people's hearts together. A man of his intelligence, success, and legacy deserves SO much more credit than to simply equate it to "he picked a white girl bcuz he's successful now..."
@@wit2pzThat was stated so Eloquently. We have to Understand that he needed to have a positive energy in his life, a person who could share his Dreams no matter what that maybe. James Earl Jones picked a Caucasian wan because she believed in him and helped him with his speech impediment he specifically stated that he could not find a woman of color who would inspire and support his Dreams 😊😊😅🎉😂❤
@@ayndowney9401 absolutely! I've had relationships with women of many races/ cultures from Black to White to Asian to Latina to Nepali. The woman I'm with now is the most inspiring, intelligent, loving, supportive, creative, fun, adventurous, hard-working, reciprocal person I've ever had the honor of being in a romantic relationship with. We just returned from my first trip to Europe to visit her family and our unity has grown stronger through the challenges and hard work we did over there. Her family has embraced me and my family has embraced her. I will propose to her later this year, but the point is that love and companionship don't care what it looks like. We find endless love, beauty, support, and inspiration in each other! 💘❤💖🥰
Indeed. And that look he gave that whyte man. But, whyte man had to have the last word saying I could have had you shot. I wished Sidney would have replied "those days are over" then walked out. But, that slap will live in infamy. Yes indeedy. He put the weight of me and the Ancestors behind that slap for generations to come. RiP Sir Sidney! ❤️
Our,...& my,..."To Sir With Love."...😃❤,...I love that song, &,...wen I sang it @ keraohke,...I, always had you, Sir, on my mind,😃❤, lovely man you are,...& with L❤'VE,...To You,...SIR, Forever & For always,...
Ester Anderson was messing around with a married Bob Marley and she had the nerve to tell his wife Rita Marley to stop having all of dem kids. The audacity of that woman 😮
One of the most handsome and refined persons to make Hollywood, who still kept his dignity-one could tell what kind of good family he came from, even when FBI sociopaths tried to “hunt him” as sociopaths do to people of color.
I respect the man I do....I wonder at times if the civil rights movement was fought to give Black men the legal right to marry white...because he did...nothing wrong with that, ofcourse but he did, Belafonte did, James Earl Jones did...
You wounder why so many black ppl dislike this country.sidney was luck because he choose acting..Know this ever black man struggling is not going to be this lucky, And sydney went fhrough alot doing that.
He never gave up!! He had ambition and worked really hard to achieve his dreams!! He didn’t play the victim card and he succeeded. His speech said it all.
Just another actor, don’t know why we put actors on a pedestal as great people and worship them. They are just making believe!! They are not educated people of high stature. They are clowns entertainers! How many black men went through so much more in their life’s and suffered
This great activist Brought the Walls of Jericho Down. He was not just an Actor of Color He was a special gifted person that was the Embodiment of character, passion, kindness, and lived a Purpose Driven Life😊😅🎉😂❤
Thank you for giving Mr. Poitier and lesser-known black achievers the respect and acknowledgement they deserve.
He was such a great actor the lilies of the fields to sir with love they call me mr Tibs
The first time i heard about Sidney Poitier was in a motivational talk by Les Brown around 2009. In the talk, Les makes a quote, 'When you walk with another man, two things happen. You either adjust to their pace or they adjust to yours." This was a direct quote from Poitier's book - The Measure of a Man. He was a rare breed in a world bereft of men of character.
I bought his book 5years ago called A measure of a man. Now I am really sad he is gone because I was thinking about starting a podcast and his book was one I wanted to discuss. Mr. Poitier will be missed by me and my team. RIP Sidney Poitier.
You could still do it !
I'm giving props to you, you have really paid homage to not only Sidney Poitier but others. This is why I love you!
On Point!!!
Thank you for sharing. Sidney is my favorite Actor. I had a wish to meet him someday. He had a compelling impact on me and the world. Once in a lifetime. There is this amazing man. His name is Sidney Poitier. RiH beautiful man ❤️
Then to have Peter Graves being the one to narrate his bio is on another level. One legend paying homage to another.
Greatness comes out of nothing, you can come from a humble poor background and achieve the greatest although the journey may be rough at times. That’s the lesson I learned here from this man.
25:28. Dignity. Class. Grace. A true man! They broke the mold when they made this generation. Rest in power, Mr. Poitier
Can't recall seeing anything on mainstream news about this great man's passing, one of my alltime favourites, but fitting that he will be remembered on this channel...Rest in peace...
Oh yeah it was on main stream news it was all over the news when he passed. That is how I learned of his death
Actually Sidney's passing was everywhere. Perhaps you missed the broadcasts at the time, but I definitely remember seeing news of his passing on ET, CNN, Channel 9 etc.
been celebrating all weekend. live in our power, sidney
You wii be dearly missed by so many for your great successful acting and most of all, a man of courage and wisdom.
...Sidney forever in my heart...
As a kid , I admire that beautiful man thank you for existing my time .
Glad you pulled this one out reelblack. I missed the original airing and enjoyed this immensely...what a life! Now, if only I could see The Lost Man--given the title and year, which contrary to the critics, should be a good one,
You’re welcome. Comcast/NBC controls The Lost Man maybe now they will release it on Blu ray
This was absolutely the best! I watched it 3 times back to back! Thank you!
Always will love you Sidney,...& most gorgeous looking man, even @ 94,...😃❤.
ThankYou to whomever.
ThankYou to whomever, now.
ThankYou to whomever.
Respect to Mr Poitier...Rip..❤💛💚
I finished The Edge of the City, starring Poitier and John Casavettes and what a brilliant film.
Rest in paradise King 🙏💯❗
I love how his parents look. Beautiful black people with deep roots.
They were attractive people and his mom exceptionally so .
RIP Sidney Poitier we all miss you! Rest In Peace
How dare anyone judge the tightrope walker that he’s not keeping his balance properly. The proof is in his stability, the staying on, ignoring cries for his demise from all sides, and finishing the journey with his back straight and his head high. Mr. Poitier walked that rope better than anyone ever did or could. It was his calling. He did it well. We are all the better for it, not just in entertainment, but as human beings.
what a truly remarkable actor and a statesman.
What a great documentary! Love you Sidney Poitier Sir! R.I.P..
I love you Sidney. RIP my friend. So long.
You never really know what someone has gone through. Be kind people.
Agreed that's why we shouldn't be so hard to judge people harshly because we don't know how they was brought up or how they was raised growing up or upbringing.
You'll deeply be missed Mr. Poitier
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@@charleslloyd8743 smh
SIDNEY POITIER IS GONE FOREVER LMAO
Mr Poitier..... You will be dearly missed and love by so many . A very humble man and great actor.
Don't you just love it when Peter Graves narrates things?
So much!
Yes but he could pronounce Sidney Poitier his name properly or as that woman in the beginning could not .
Rest in paradise king
Much love King. R.I.P. 👑 and much love to all of those here in the comments showing love.
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
He came from a humble poor background in a turbulent times of racial disparities in America. His Humility was there for all to see. He was so concerned of how he portrayed his race on screen tells you a lot about this man that he’s was not a selfish person.
He was truly one of the GREATS. RIP
What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man !!
I enjoyed this documentary of Sidney Poitier. My admiration has no boundaries due to the way Sidney Poitier played is roles in all his performance with moral, ethics and dignity.
A wonderful man! He will be greatly missed!
Wow, this talented man went thru a lot. So talented!
This doc is Exemplary QUALITY !!
I'm glad to see his movies he is a good actor he will deeply missed
Mr. Poitier, my favorite actor, taught me to respect the depth of filmmaking. His eloquence, in every way, illustrated how I want to be; I will never reach that summit, but his memory will remind me of his all encompassing stance. WHY was A Patch Of Blue glossed over and The Slender Thread not mentioned?????? God bless you in Heaven, Kind Sir.
I'm not sure I ever heard of The Slender Thread .
I have to look it up .
@@gardensofthegodsIt is Excellent and please watch two of my favorites: To Sir With Love, and Guess Who is Coming To Dinner. Excellent cast in both movies
One of the best to ever do it!
he was an exciting actor to watch. intense or light character he's always mesmerizing to watch. he reminds me of leo. decaprio
He was friends with Bill Cosby? Creator of Fat Albert and The Cosby Show?
@@ethanshepherd4963 We don't know how long he was friends with him but a lot of people were friends with Cosby .
Great actor and personality...seems a nice guy too..To sir with love was brilliant.
God grated you a long life my cousin you left a legacy nobody really knows how you change the world rip my cousin you will be missed
Always played dignified roles
Always love your content! Sidney will always be the GOAT and I hope you get some of his movies uploaded. I also hope you get the Denzel Washington bio and Eddie Murphy special back.
RIP SIDNEY POITIER, a brilliant actor.
Thank you so much for the gift you shared with the world breaking down walls racism like dominoes
RIP to Sidney Poitier
To SiR
With 💕 LOVE
R.I.P
Rest easy sindey!!! trailblazer
"... some old guy slap in the cheek he didn't give the other cheek" now that's something to see, "given those days."
Respect, & magnificent mile & scene in film history then.
Salute! Mr. Poitier. Live Long u shall!
Here is your million thanks Mr. Poitier! You were a man!
Everyone have a BLESSED DAY and STAY SAFE
Thank you! You do the same. 😀
@@Kim63146 Good morning Your welcome Have a great day 😃
I first saw Sidney Poitier in To Sir with Love. He was so handsome and so good in the role. Loved him from he point. I grew up in Western Victoria Australia and had never heard of trouble with the coloured. All people were humans. That was it. I didnt see any difference
I saw To Sir with Love in the movie theater in America with my older sister when I was a kid and we loved that movie .
Guess who's coming to dinner?😭💐 Rest peacefully my handsome black Papa.❤️🙏🏽
Thanks for sharing. A legend.
Indeed. A Legend ❤️
A real true legend
Top 10 Sidney Poitier movies:
1. Lillies of The Field.
2. In The Heat of The Night.
3. Shoot To Kill.
4. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
5. The Defiant Ones.
6. To Sir with Love.
7. Uptown Saturday Night.
8. A Patch of Blue.
9. A Raisin in The Sun.
10. Sneakers.
One of the best to ever do it! Along with Denzel, Jimmy Stewart , Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, and Cary Grant.
I'm sure Mr. Poitier is giving his good friend, Mr. Belafonte, a grand tour of heaven 😇 Rest with the angels, sirs 🙏🏾
It’s Poitier or it’s nothing..RIP Great man!
A excellent documentary.
NEVER FORGET!
RIP SYDNEY POITIER 🙏🏿💝🙏🏿
Always one of my favorite actors. He may have been monetarily poor, but his parents lived like royalty in their souls.
Rest in peace Star
When he first started out he married a beautiful queen and had beautiful children that look like them but for some reason as they get successful the landscape of their relationship begins to look different
I know..... 😞 It would have been nice to have his first Queen behind him the entire time.
It's so sad that people equate success with personal preferences that have nothing to do with success! It means absolutely nothing to anybody except those on the outside who take the energy to criticize, not having spent one moment to inquire what brought two people's hearts together. A man of his intelligence, success, and legacy deserves SO much more credit than to simply equate it to "he picked a white girl bcuz he's successful now..."
@@wit2pzThat was stated so Eloquently. We have to Understand that he needed to have a positive energy in his life, a person who could share his Dreams no matter what that maybe. James Earl Jones picked a Caucasian wan because she believed in him and helped him with his speech impediment he specifically stated that he could not find a woman of color who would inspire and support his Dreams 😊😊😅🎉😂❤
@@ayndowney9401 absolutely! I've had relationships with women of many races/ cultures from Black to White to Asian to Latina to Nepali. The woman I'm with now is the most inspiring, intelligent, loving, supportive, creative, fun, adventurous, hard-working, reciprocal person I've ever had the honor of being in a romantic relationship with. We just returned from my first trip to Europe to visit her family and our unity has grown stronger through the challenges and hard work we did over there. Her family has embraced me and my family has embraced her. I will propose to her later this year, but the point is that love and companionship don't care what it looks like. We find endless love, beauty, support, and inspiration in each other! 💘❤💖🥰
RIP Mr Poitier 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️
Sidney was a 💫 from the moment he was born 😇 but evil always tries to Blacklist a STAR 💫💘 rest in power Sir always in my heart ♥️ dear Brother 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
WOW. Perfect 🥰.
A true gentleman ♥️
They call me Mr. Tibbs. Then came the Backhand “Slap” Sidney was not going to let a White man Slap him on screen.
Indeed. And that look he gave that whyte man. But, whyte man had to have the last word saying I could have had you shot. I wished Sidney would have replied "those days are over" then walked out. But, that slap will live in infamy. Yes indeedy. He put the weight of me and the Ancestors behind that slap for generations to come. RiP Sir Sidney! ❤️
I love his acting,but loyalty to his wife would have made him more admirable in the cesspool that is hollywood...
A wonderful man in so many ways!! My gosh he had it all !!!
See you in Heaven Sidney!!❤️❤️
Our,...& my,..."To Sir With Love."...😃❤,...I love that song, &,...wen I sang it @ keraohke,...I, always had you, Sir, on my mind,😃❤, lovely man you are,...& with L❤'VE,...To You,...SIR, Forever & For always,...
a magnificent actor
I'm sold glad he did all that for himself. And for all blacks
Blessings🙏🏾🙏🏾
NAACP took Porgy and Bess away from Harry Belafonate that to me was SAD!
The Goat..
You couldn't slap a white man back in those days and get away or have a white girlfriend rip my cousin you help change the world that's your legacy
Rip. 🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴
Such a WONDERFUL ACTOR!!!!
Ester Anderson was messing around with a married Bob Marley and she had the nerve to tell his wife Rita Marley to stop having all of dem kids. The audacity of that woman 😮
Salute💯💯
Blessings!😍🎇🎓
One of the most handsome and refined persons to make Hollywood, who still kept his dignity-one could tell what kind of good family he came from, even when FBI sociopaths tried to “hunt him” as sociopaths do to people of color.
WOW😯😯😯😍😍😍❤❤❤❤
Has anyone seen the documentary Oprah and the other guy produced on Sidney? I can't remember his name
So glad the guy narrating the story said his name right because that woman didn't pronounce it properly
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I once met him and he told me he was from Guyana
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it's a well known fact he's Bahamian
What a legend, two of his daughters are pretty.
All 6 of his girls are beautiful. 4 with his first black wife 2 with his 2nd White wife and his many great grand children.
@@jaybirdlady1407
I'm only referring to two of them. I've seen them all, only two are pretty.
I can’t believe your temerity.
What a disrespect..
@@raggapuss
I'm sorry, I forgot about Gina. Sydney, Gina, and Anika were the pretty ones.
Legend as some others number ones❤😊😂
He did what he had to. I guess this is why he isnt really talked about. A man who never finished school somehow made it this far.
A lot of people treasure Sidney Poitier ... if anything it's probably the younger ones who don't really know much about him .
I respect the man I do....I wonder at times if the civil rights movement was fought to give Black men the legal right to marry white...because he did...nothing wrong with that, ofcourse but he did, Belafonte did, James Earl Jones did...
You wounder why so many black ppl dislike this country.sidney was luck because he choose acting..Know this ever black man struggling is not going to be this lucky, And sydney went fhrough alot doing that.
He never gave up!! He had ambition and worked really hard to achieve his dreams!! He didn’t play the victim card and he succeeded. His speech said it all.
And yet poor Sidney Poitier had a deal with some of his own fellow Black folk criticizing him after he achieved success .
Psychotherapy for 10 years due to the industry and living in this racist country. I wonder who the Therapist was?
If this country's so racist why are you still living in it?
Okay
ECCLESIASTES 12:13
He had more than a second grade education.
Define one's need remake a races European-Americans chain to oreint played woody harson and chow Yun fat need face lift ?
Just another actor, don’t know why we put actors on a pedestal as great people and worship them. They are just making believe!! They are not educated people of high stature. They are clowns entertainers! How many black men went through so much more in their life’s and suffered
He wasn't just an actor He was a great man
This great activist Brought the Walls of Jericho Down. He was not just an Actor of Color He was a special gifted person that was the Embodiment of character, passion, kindness, and lived a Purpose Driven Life😊😅🎉😂❤