On February 20, 1927 Reginald James Poitier farmers, accompanied by his wife Evelyn, left Cat Island, Bahamas, where he lived, bound for Florida to sell tomatoes and other products of his farm, as was usual. A premature birth that trip became quite different from too. Still in high seas Mrs. Evelyn gave birth to a boy. Betting on the few chances that the baby had to survive, they stayed for three months in Miami, taking care of health one who would be the first black to win an Oscar for best actor.
Sidney Poitier had a childhood marked by poverty. At age 15, was sent to Miami to live with his older brother and avoid it to end on the path of delinquency. States in the bread which the crumpled white, victim of racial prejudice. On the other hand, that made him give himself to the fight to create opportunities for blacks.
At 18 he went to New York where he had to live by doing odd jobs and sleeping in bus terminals. He joined the Army but did not stay long and went on to perform domestic work in Harlem. She dreamed of being an actor, and after six months of battle, he managed a small part in the Broadway production of "Lysistrata." His performance received high praise from critics.
In 1949 he refused the lead role in a play preferring to act as an adjuvant in the film "Hatred is blind," living a medical that dealt with white racists. It was the beginning of his long career, but only seven years after he began receiving invitations to work in leading roles. In 1958 he was nominated for the award for best actor, but it was in 1963 that won the famous statuette for her performance in "Lilies of the Field".
In 1966 starred in "To Sir, With Love ", a British film that chronicles the misadventures of a young teacher struggling to cope with unruly pupils, in this film that reflected some of the problems and fears of teenagers of the '60s.
Poitier plays Mark Thackeray accepts that teaching at that school, as I was trying to work as an engineer for eight months without getting it. While this is not set explicitly, it is evident that his being black is the reason for this failure. References are made clear during the film, about the racial issue in British society.
encapetados The students are determined to destroy the new master, as they did his predecessor, but Thackeray, accustomed to hostility, meets the challenge by treating them as young adults who will soon be supporting themselves on their own . When you receive an invitation to return to engineering, Thackeray must decide whether to continue.
The theme song, sung by Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, better known as Lulu, was so successful as the movie.
Poitier has directed a series of popular movies and in 2002, 38 years after receiving the award for best actor was chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an honorary Oscar in recognition of his work remarkable as artist and human being. In addition to his activities on stage and in film, Poitier has always been present in the movement for defending the rights civilians.
was appointed Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1974, and August 12, 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States of America.
Sidney Poitier in 1950 married to Juanita Hardy, whom she divorced in 1965. In January 1976 she married again, this time with Joanna Shimkus, his wife works. He has six children: four from his first marriage and two from second.
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