..and who entertained millions more. sidney poitier one of the greats. cheryl boone isaacs is the founding director of the sidney poitier new american film school at arizona state university and former president of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, best known for organising the oscars. here s how she remembers him. he was a major beacon of light that came on the scene and on the screen many decades ago, and through his life s work, whether in front of the camera behind the camera, he hasn t had a major impact on the created world. and especially for the black community and black storytellers. it is such an honour for me to be able to be part of his legacy that we are going to carry into the future. he was a great man, great
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all enemies, foreign and, yes, domestic. [ applause ] do you want to be on the side of dr. king or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull conor? do you want to be the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? within days, we got an answer. democratic senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, members of the president s own party reiterated their unwillingness to allow for a simple majority vote on the freedom to vote act or the john lewis voting rights advancement act. never mind that they were just fine to allow a filibuster exception last month to raise the debt ceiling. it s not enough to have photos with john lewis, only to turn your back on his life s work. it s not enough to slap your name on voting rights legislation only to be the reason the bills will never get
best actor, has died at the age of 94. we take a look back at his life s work. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the us, three white men who were convicted of chasing and then murdering ahmaud arbery, a black man, in the state of georgia have been sentenced to life in prison. travis mcmichael, his father gregory and their neighbour roddy bryan were convicted of felony murder. they had chased mr arbery while he was jogging, before he was shot to death. their defence had claimed they feared he was planning to commit a crime. the mcmichaels will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole. roddy bryan will serve life, but does have the possibility of parole. here s georgia superior court judge timothy walmsley outlining some of the evidence from the trial.
is the founding director of the sidney poitier new american film school at arizona state university and former president of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, best known for organising the oscars. thank you forjoining us. is it possible to describe how influential he was for black actors and black people? i would say so. sidney poitier was a major beacon of light that came on the scene and on the screen many decades ago, and through his life s work, whether in front of or behind the camera, has had a major impact on the creative world. and especially for black communities and black storytellers. and it is such an honour for me to be able to be part of his legacy that we are going to carry into the future. he was a great man, a great philosopher, a philanthropic.