the movement into the fall. chased by arms klans men they almost didn t make it out of the south alive. they would later joke when they met on air. don t ever call me again, poitier quipped. from the march on washington all throughout the civil rights movement, you know, poitier, along with his brother and friend harry belafonte, were very much a part of the movement. as you just cited here, not only contributed with their presence but also financially. did his off screen activism ever hurt his on screen opportunities? not from what i can see. if anything, it kind of added to the luster of his career. i mean, in addition to, you know, his prolific acting