in 1974 and in 2016 he was given a bafta fellowship award for his outstanding contribution to film. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. sidney poitier s virtual tips, a man of authority. intelligence and a steely determination, never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined sidney poitier on screen and all. he made his cinema debut playing a doctor, a man of status, something almost unheard of for black performers then. with roles like an escaped convict and a struggling husband he tackled prejudice head on. struggling husband he tackled prejudice head on. maybe i will get down on my prejudice head on. maybe i will get down on my black prejudice head on. maybe i will get down on my black knees. - prejudice head on. maybe i will get down on my black knees. all - prejudice head on. maybe i will get down on my black knees. all right, j down on my black knees. all right, mr great white father, give us that money and we will come out there and dirty are pure white folks neighbo
and activist. and when you mention that academy award he won, just a year before that he participated in the march on washington. if you can imagine in that era as someone who perhaps had success that was very hard to come by, it would be much easier perhaps to protect that career and just sit at home, but that s not what he did. he talked about making choices, smart choices about the roles he played on-screen. but the choice to be politically active in the public sphere was not necessarily a safe one. we talked to the naacp hollywood bureau about poitier s legacy. we asked about the senior vice president s favorite moment in his films. you ll hear from him on that. but first hear from poitier himself receiving an image award in 2001 talking about how much the naacp offered such needed encouragement through the years. that same encouragement resounded through the years and
to finally see robert dinero and al pacino on screen together and doing a scene together. what do you say i will buy you a cup of coffee. the scene in the diner, we know there was a next. it is one of my favorites between these two guys kocoming together. i do what i do best. i take scores. i will not he hassitate. people want to see great actors. guys like michael mann will always punch you in the gut. they ll make a movie but it will
is extremely. it is terrible. the situation has not changed since yesterday. today it is exactly the same. when he called us, you could hear gunshots in the background, and the needs are exactly the same as those expressed and what people read on screen. ~ those expressed and what people read on screen. 2 , ., ., ., those expressed and what people read on screen. 2 i. ., ., , .,, on screen. when you hear that people are runnina on screen. when you hear that people are running out on screen. when you hear that people are running out of on screen. when you hear that people are running out of food on screen. when you hear that people are running out of food for on screen. when you hear that people are running out of food for their - are running out of food for their children, it is overwhelmingly difficult to comprehend how they are coping in this city. difficult to comprehend how they are coping in this city- coping in this city. indeed, and so what i coping in this city. indeed,
50 years old. didn t work for one outlet. he and his brother craig were making documentaries for many organizations over the years. time magazine says renaud working on a prop for its studio division in recent weeks. share the statement on-screen. a project focused on the local refugee crisis. in the country, in ukraine working on a long-term project. time magazine saying our hearts are with all of brent s loved ones. it s essentially journalists are able to cover this safely. amidst so much death and suffering in ukraine, journalists lie renaud are trying to document it and yet are in the line of fire as well. jim? and, brian, we know that we have new video now of brent renaud s injured colleague. i had a chance to view some of this earlier this afternoon. remarkable footage. what is he say? juan arrived at the hospital. go ahead and play what he told