Sidney

Name: Sidney
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: September 23, 2022
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Lenny Kravitz, Louis Gossett Jr.

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Apple TV+ | Release Date: September 23, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Lenny Kravitz, Louis Gossett Jr., Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Spike Lee, Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Summary: From producer Oprah Winfrey and directed by Reginald Hudlin, this revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement. Featuring candid interviews with Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, BarbraFrom producer Oprah Winfrey and directed by Reginald Hudlin, this revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement. Featuring candid interviews with Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, Barbra Streisand, Spike Lee and many more, the film is also produced by Derik Murray, in close collaboration with the Poitier family. [Apple]… Expand

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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Kim Hughes

Sep 23, 2022

Legacies don’t come more dazzling. Sidney is a fitting tribute. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Sep 23, 2022

Hudlin’s embracing film reminds us that there was a lot of history that unfolded around this one man, and a lot of change came about thanks to this one extraordinary life of achievement and humility, grace and principled defiance. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Sep 23, 2022

It makes you recognize, through the force of its telling, why the story of Poitier’s life matters. And will matter forever. Read full review

Ian Spelling

Sep 21, 2022

In the end, Sidney is informative—it’s exciting to hear from him and from those who loved him, and from some of the people he influenced. But as evidenced by his two memoirs, This Life (1980) and Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (2000), there’s much more in Poitier’s life and legacy that this documentary fails to explore. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Sep 21, 2022

Combining as it does great admiration with an acknowledgment of flaws, “Sidney” is like Ethan Hawke’s recent HBO Max documentary about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, “The Last Movie Stars.” Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

Sep 23, 2022

Reginald Hudlin’s documentary about Sidney Poitier should be considered the beginning, not the end, of appraising the prolific actor’s career. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Sep 22, 2022

The early sections of Sidney are much stronger than what comes later, because it is Poitier himself telling the tale in interview footage and setting the expansive, very dramatic tone. He knew how to tell a story so that each nuance would make itself felt. Read full review

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alanpotter17

Dec 21, 2022

Sidney Poitier tem um legado inquestionável no cinema norte-americano. O documentário acerta quase sempre na sincronização entre cenas e o que é falado (inclusive faz uma revisão ao final, sustentando a clareza e o argumento).
Ainda assim, sofre do mal que assola grande parte das biografias,Sidney Poitier tem um legado inquestionável no cinema norte-americano. O documentário acerta quase sempre na sincronização entre cenas e o que é falado (inclusive faz uma revisão ao final, sustentando a clareza e o argumento).
Ainda assim, sofre do mal que assola grande parte das biografias, o enaltecimento exagerado, como se fosse uma produção de homenagem. Não que isso seja ruim, mas aqui temos uma trilha melodramática irritante, e algumas repetições que nos fazem querer convencer do que já tínhamos nos convencido. Se não forçasse tanto, poderia ser o melhor documentário de 2022.… Expand

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