Back on the career of Sidney Poitier, legend of American cinema

Sidney Poitier passed away on January 7, 2022. A look back at the career of the first Oscar-winning black actor.
Sidney Poitier lives in precariousness before taking film lessons, which he pays for by working as a janitor. He landed his first role in 1950 in The door opens.
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