From his performances in films such as 'Lilies of the Field' and 'In the Heat of the Night' to those he directed like 'Buck and the Preacher' and 'Uptown Saturday Night,' Sidney Poitier left a rich and varied legacy of movies that explore his 'symbolic presence.'
, leaves behind many legacies. But it is his career in Hollywood that may have been the most transformative, changing both an industry and a culture .
Sidney Poitier holds his Oscar as he poses with Gregory Peck, and Annabella and Anne Bancroft backstage at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 1964. When Poitier received the Oscar for “Lilies in the Field,” it did not represent the pinnacle of his career, only one stop along the way. “And I would imagine that this was a source of frustration for him, because he says in his speech, it’s been a long journey. And I don’t think he’s talking just about his own career. I think he’s talking about the experiences of Black artists in Hollywood much more broadly. And it continued to be a really long journey after him,” said Stewart.
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