vaccine entry requirements. and this letter had no surname or address on the envelope just a short biography. but amazingly, it made it to the right person. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. one of the best known black hollywood actors of the past century, sidney poitier, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and his success paved the way for generations of other black artists. his films, including in the heat of the night and guess who s coming to dinner, reflected an america struggling with issues of racism and prejudice at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately, transcended the silver screen. our correspondent lizo mazimba looks back on the life of a hollywood icon. # in the heat of the night. sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely determination never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined poitier on screen
in prison. travis mcmichael, his father gregory, and their neighbor 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. there s a frame where i believe ahmaud arbery, it looks to be if he s 20 yards out, that may be close 30 yards out. it s the frame of travis mcmichael lifting the shotgun to fire at ahmaud arbery. and you watch that with context and when i say context , after hearing the evidence in this case and thinking about a young man that had been running at that point for almost five minutes and it is a chilling, truly disturbing scene. that was the georgia superior courtjudge gi
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. there s a frame where i believe ahmaud arbery, it looks to be if he s 20 yards out, that may be close 30 yards out it s the frame of travis mcmichael lifting the shotgun to fire a
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the actor, sir sidney poitier, whose ground breaking films in the 50s and 60s, shone a light on racism and social prejudice, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar, and his ground breaking work paved the way for generations of black artists. his film is reflected in america are struggling with issues of racism and prejudice at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately transcended the silver screen. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. # in the heat of the night.# sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely determination never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined poitier on screen and off. he made his cinema debut playing a doctor, a man of status, something almost unheard of for black performers then. and with roles like an escaped convict in the defiant ones and a struggling husband in a raisin in the sun, he tac
hello and welcome if you have just joined us. hello and welcome if you have “ust “oined us. , ., ., ., joined us. great to have your company joined us. great to have your company this joined us. great to have your company this friday. - the award winning actor sidney poitier, whose groundbreaking films in the 1950s and 60s shone a light on racism and social predjudice, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and his success paved the way for generations of other black artists. his films, including to sir with love, in the heat of the night, and guess who s coming to dinner, reflected an america struggling with issues of racism and prejudice, at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately, transcended the silver screen. our correspondent, lizo mazimba looks back on the life, of a hollywood icon. # in the heat of the night.# sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence a