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Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
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Classic groundbreaking 1967 movie about an interracial couple and the white parents’ reaction upon meeting the black boyfriend for the first time. The movie stars three of the greatest actors in American cinema: Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier.
Read More1964 Oscars Sidney Poitier winning Best Actor
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Anne Bancroft presenting Sidney Poitier the Oscar® for Best Actor for his performance in “Lilies of the Field” at the 36th Academy Awards® in 1964. Introduced by Jack Lemmon.
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