saw black characters with films like to sir, with love. you will call me sir or mr thackeray . the young ladies will be addressed as miss , the boys by their surnames. some of what i am was reflected in those movies. it was, in a way, i was saying to an audience, this is who i am. look at me. more controversial was his role as a highly gifted, hugely successful doctor engaged to a white woman in guess who s coming to dinner. i love your daughter. there is nothing i wouldn t do to try to keep her as happy as she was the day i met her. some criticised it, saying the impression it gave was of an interracial relationship that was only acceptable because his character was so perfect and accomplished. hello! he also directed 80s comedy stir crazy the first movie from an african american film maker to pass the blockbuster $100 million mark in the united states.
ideas, if they don t know an address. oh, that would be a nightmare! and inside the letter, just a cheery hello and a recipe for coleslaw that feargal had been asking about, but it meant much more than that. there s so much letters these days that s meaningless, it s financial, it s this demand and it s so nice to receive something so personal. friends with the fellow who runs the butchers in waterford too. btiiii, northern ireland. so, could letters make a comeback over email in future, as something a lot more enjoyable? well, we ll keep you posted! emma vardy, bbc news. let s return now to the tributes being paid to sidney poitier, whose pioneering films in the 1950s and 60s, shone a light on racism and social prejudice. he s died at the age of 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and his groundbreaking work paved the way for generations of other black artists. cheryl boone isaacs
what are you doing? i m getting bad! in his later years, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by barack obama, who today said sidney poitier epitomised dignity and grace. oprah winfrey paid tribute, saying: . while denzel washington said: those words two decades after he celebrated him at the academy awards. a0 years, i ve been chasing sidney. they finally give it to me. what do they do? they give it to him the same night. i ll always be following in your footsteps. there s nothing i would rather do. applause. that same night, poitier also received an honorary oscar. hollywood recognition for a star who blazed a trail for so many. they call me mr tibbs.
about all this? we are very concerned it can be used towards belarus, and at one point, when lukashenko will feel weak and when a new wave of protests will start, he will put in the same weight to help him, and russian troops will appear, so we are asking the international community to prevent it, to now allow this to happen to belarus. we sincerely believe that belarusians can solve their own crisis by themselves, without help of russia or any other countries. three white men convicted of the murder of a black man in the us state of georgia have been sentenced to life in prison. ahmaud arbery was outjogging in 2020 when the men chased him in pickup trucks and shot him dead. the three were only arrested and charged after video footage of the murder went viral. our north america correspondent david willis has this report. ahmaud arbery s death has been likened by his family to a latter day lynching. three white men hunted down the unarmed jogger and killed him in cold blood. footage of
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.