Four From Sidney Poitier

Arguably the most important African American actor in screen history, Sidney Poitier appeared in a series of groundbreaking films in the 1960s that directly addressed issues of race in both the United States and Britain. The Dalhousie Art Gallery will show four of these movies on four Monday evenings as part of Black History Month.

SCREENINGS MONDAYS AT 8 PM / FREE ADMISSION

6 February - Lilies of the Field

Ralph Nelson, USA, 1963, 95 minutes. Sidney Poitier won an Oscar for Best Actor in this gentle tale of a roving handyman who helps a gaggle of German nuns build a church in the American Southwest.

13 February - To Sir, with Love

James Clavell, UK, 1967, 105 minutes. Poitier stars as a teacher in one of the toughest parts of inner city London in this extraordinarily frank examination of education, poverty and race in 1960s Britain.

20 February - In the Heat of the Night

Norman Jewison, USA, 1967, 109 minutes. Winner of five Oscars—including Best Picture—this tough and engaging social thriller sees Sidney Poitier as a Northern detective dragged into a nasty case amongst the lingering racism of the American South.

27 February - Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Stanley Kramer, USA, 1967, 107 minutes. Three Oscars went to this interracial marriage comedy-drama that sees Poitier appearing with screen legends Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.