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Weekend Classics: Remembering Sidney Poitier

Throughout February, we celebrate the life and work of the incomparable Sidney Poitier. The beloved actor, director, civil rights activist, and capital “I”I Icon passed away early this year, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking work. With this limited film series, we can barely touch on all the projects that made him one of the most well-regarded artists of his time, so we humbly offer four of his greatest performances as an ode to his everlasting excellence.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
Sat-Sun, Feb 5-6 | Tue, Feb 8

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

Passing through the racially hostile backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case.
TO SIR, WITH LOVE
Sat-Sun, Feb 12-13 at 12:00pm | 8:15pm

TO SIR, WITH LOVE

Sidney Poitier gives one of his finest performances as a novice teacher who faces off with a class of rowdy, undisciplined working-class teens intent on breaking his spirit.
THE DEFIANT ONES
Sat-Sun, Feb 19-20

THE DEFIANT ONES

Bound together with an unbreakable iron chain, two escaped convicts — a Black man and a bigotted white southerner — must learn to get along in order to elude the relentless posse hot on their trail. Screening in 35mm.
PARIS BLUES
Sat-Mon, Feb 26-28

PARIS BLUES

Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman star as two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris who meet and fall in love with two American tourists (Joanne Woodward, Diahann Carroll). This B&W love letter to the City of Lights features an Oscar-nominated Duke Ellington score and a breathtaking "Battle Royal" with Louis Armstrong. Screening in 35mm.
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