The late Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win an Oscar for a leading role for 1963's "Lilies of the Field" filmed right here in Arizona. ABC15 spoke to Poitier's daughter and godson about ...

*During the Jim Crow era of America, a time rampant with racial bias, violence, and political unrest, it is all the more impressive that an iconic figure such as Sidney Poitier was able to emerge as a ...

Sidney Poitier was not expected to live. He was born two months premature to uneducated tomato farmers in the Caribbean. His father planned to use a shoe box as a makeshift coffin. Poitier’s rise from ...

“Abbott Elementary’ star Sheryl Lee Ralph reflected on having Sidney Poitier as a director for her film debut “A Piece of the Action” at the premiere Wednesday of the documentary film “Sidney.” “When ...

The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary, streaming on Apple TV+, is an appraisal of the man many consider America’s greatest actor. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic This serviceable primer ...

Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s. He had already been a lead actor in films such as “No Way Out” and “Cry, ...

He was the first Black male Academy Award winner. He was the first Black male movie star. For many white people, children included, he was the first Black male actor they loved. It is at first ...