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Poitier at 80

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4/4. Barry Norman concludes a profile of Hollywood actor/director Sidney Poitier , whose late 1950s/ early 1960s rise to fame as an unprecedented black male lead with box-office clout coincided with the gains made by the civil rights movement. Featuring a new interview with the handsome and poised star who specialised in serious, socially concerned films.

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Barry Norman
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Sidney Poitier

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