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🗓️ 10 January 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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0:00.0 | Cindy Poitier has died at the age of 94 and to call him a Hollywood legend would hardly |
0:09.8 | do his career and legacy justice. |
0:12.3 | He was a man of many firsts, including the first black performer to win the Oscar for Best |
0:16.3 | Actor and a humanitarian who was active during the Civil Rights Movement. |
0:20.0 | He was also someone who was quite obviously dedicated to his craft and would turn in many |
0:24.3 | performances that resonate to this day. |
0:27.0 | I'm Aisha Harris and today we're remembering the films and legacy of Cindy Poitier on Pop |
0:31.4 | Culture Happy Hour from NPR. |
0:39.2 | Joining me today is Odie Henderson. |
0:41.2 | Odie is a film critic at RogerEbert.com. |
0:44.0 | It's great to have you back, Odie. |
0:45.2 | Thanks for having me. |
0:46.2 | Now even if you've never seen a Cindy Poitier movie before, I'm sure you're probably |
0:49.8 | aware at least of his legendary status. |
0:52.9 | Among his many accomplishments, he originated the role of Waterley Younger and the Broadway |
0:56.9 | production of a Raisin and the Sun and played him again in the 1961 movie adaptation. |
1:02.0 | In 1964, he became the first black performer to win an Oscar for Best Actor for Lilies |
1:06.8 | of the Field. |
1:07.8 | In the 1970s and 80s, he got behind the camera and directed a number of notable films, |
1:12.6 | including Uptown Saturday Night and Sturcrazy. |
1:15.6 | It can be really easy to talk about Poitier in terms of how he broke ground, but I think |
1:20.0 | it's really worth noting that one of the biggest reasons he loomed so large was those |
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