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Sidney Poitier

A play at the Kiln Theatre in London by Ryan Calais Cameron dramatises Poitier's path to stardom. The playwright joins Matthew Sweet, Jan Asante and biographer Aram Goudsouzian.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) tackled interracial relationships. In the Heat of the Night won the Best Picture Oscar in 1967. For Love of Ivy (1968) satirised white liberal attitudes and treated audiences to the indelibly suave image of Poitier eating sushi and talking Japanese. A new play at the Kiln Theatre in London explores the decisions Poitier had to make in his film career. The playwright Ryan Calais Cameron joins Matthew Sweet with film critic Jan Asante and biographer Aram Goudsouzian to look at the acting career of Sidney Poitier, the first Black actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Retrograde is at the Kiln Theatre, London until May 27th 2023 - a Sidney Poitier film season runs alongside.

You can find other Free Thinking episodes exploring actors including Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Asta Nielsen, Marlene Dietrich all available on 91热爆 Sounds and as the Arts & Ideas podcast.

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44 minutes

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Thu 4 May 2023 22:00

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  • Thu 4 May 2023 22:00

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