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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Goudsouzian, Aram
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| Publisher: |
University of North Carolina Press
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| Date: |
09/02/2014
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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This biography examines the remarkable life and career of Sidney Poitier--a gifted actor, a great American success story, an intriguing personality, and a political symbol. The book covers Poitier's childhood in the Bahamas, his stage experiences in New York, his Hollywood successes in the 1960s (including the Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field), the setbacks of the 1970s, and the new directions in the 1980s and 1990s. Poitier received the 2002 Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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