By Anita Bennett | Deadline.com Sidney Poitier wasn’t just an actor, filmmaker or activist. He was a pioneer who smashed stereotypes, and helped change the perception of Black people. The late acting legend’s life, career and legacy are explored in the Apple Original Films documentary Sidney. Reginald Hudlin directed and co-produced the film and credits Poitier with…
+ Read MoreAfter making his documentary about the Hollywood icon, the director reflected to IndieWire, “Sidney was doing exactly what we as a people needed him to do.” Marcus Jones | IndieWire When director Reginald Hudlin finished his first documentary “The Black Godfather,” which profiled one of the most influential figures in Black Hollywood…
+ Read MoreSean Piccoli | Deadline The challenge in making Sidney — about the pioneering Black actor, filmmaker and activist Sidney Poitier — was knowing where to stop, director Reginald Hudlin said during an appearance for Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York event at The Times Center in Manhattan. “He had a long life, and every year of his…
+ Read MoreApple TV’s new documentary “Sidney” examines the life and legacy of the first Black Hollywood superstar: Sidney Poitier. Director Reginald Hudlin joins Jonathan Capehart live on set.
+ Read MoreApple’s Original Film, “SIDNEY” is now available on Apple TV+. The film is a revealing documentary that honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement. Sidney is produced by Oprah Winfrey and directed…
+ Read MoreDirector Reginald Hudlin explains what he learned about his own life from making a documentary celebrating the life of Sidney Poitier. BY PRINCESS GABBARA | Oprah Daily Since the release of Apple TV+’s Sidney—an Oprah-produced documentary about Sidney Poitier’s remarkable life, impact, and legacy—director Reginald Hudlin’s inbox has been inundated with both praise…
+ Read MoreThe moment that he created through his work was so big and was happening so fast that by the time he’s making Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, it had gone to another place Chris Night | National Post Filmmaker Reginald Hudlin still remembers meeting Sidney Poitier at a Hollywood party…
+ Read MoreCelebrity Wire Sidney Director Reginald Hudlin says Sidney Poitier is someone to look up to in this special screening interview. Check it out.
+ Read MoreChristian Blauvelt | IndieWire No one is better at telling Sidney Poitier’s story than Sidney Poitier himself. The brilliance of Reginald Hudlin’s documentary for Apple TV+ is that it lets him do just that. An incredibly gifted storyteller, Poitier, who died at age 94 in January 2022, opens “Sidney” by saying in voiceover, “I was…
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