Sidney Poitier

Montaro Caine, CEO of the Fitzer Corporation, is losing control of the company he built. At this moment of crisis, a man and woman appear at his office with a coin of unknown provenance, composed of a metal unknown on Earth. Montaro immediately recognizes it as the companion of a coin he analyzed as a graduate student working in a lab at MIT, which was later returned to its unidentified owner. But the value of the coin lies not in its monetary worth...

"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite the contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in self-questioning. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've done at measuring up to the values I myself have set. "In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks...

Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on his amazing life in Life Beyond Measure, offering inspirational advice and personal stories in the form of extended letters to his great-granddaughter. Writing for all who admire his example and who search for...

Alan (Sidney Poitier) is a college volunteer at the crisis phone and he gets a call from suicide caller Inga (Anne Bancroft).

A former teacher-turned-inventor does his part to heal Los Angeles after the riots by spearheading a project and tutoring a female dropout.

Depicts the strife a black family endures when they move into an all-white neighborhood. "A superior adaptation. Highly recommended."--Video Librarian

A novice teacher faces a class of rowdy, undisciplined working class punks in this classic film that reflected some of the problems and fears of teens in the '60s. Mark Thackeray, an out of work engineer who turns to teaching in London's tough East End. The graduating class, led by Denham, Pamela, and Barbara, sets out to destroy Thackeray as they did his predecessor by breaking his spirit. No stranger to hostility, Thackeray, meets the challenge....

Two escaped convicts chained together, one white, one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

A collection of Greek myths.

Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger (who won a Best Actor Oscar® for his performance) shine in this classic mystery-thriller that took home five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Lee Grant and Warren Oates also star.