.Oprah opens up to CherylHickeyETC about the making of the AppleTVPlus documentary, Sidney: 'I think you will be blessed by the watching of this film. You will be inspired. You will be comforted.'
ET Canada is giving audiences an extensive look into the life and legacy of a legend in “Icons: Oprah Celebrates Sidney”, where Winfrey and director Reginald Hudlin exclusively share with ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey the story behind the making of their new Apple TV+ documentary, “Sidney”.Poitier was a trailblazer who smashed glass ceilings, racial barriers and became the first Black man to win an Academy award in 1963.
In 2002, he received an honourary Academy Award, and in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.“There’s nobody I adored, admired, respected, and loved more,” she shared. “So, when Reginald came to me and asked, you know, would I be a part as a producer? I mean, you know, many times you have to think about things. It was an immediate… it was a yes that came right up out of my soul.”Hudlin added, “I owe so much to him.
“His intelligence, his courage, his moral integrity. I can you know, I can use all ten fingers,” he continued. “My dad and Sidney Poitier is who I measured myself against. When I get the opportunity to tip my hat and give thanks to what he did for me and everyone else on this planet. Yeah, I’m in.”
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