This Thursday, Sidney Poitier, legendary actor and pioneer of the black cause, died at the age of 94 at his home in
The Angels. Committed man and artist who opened “the doors to a generation of actors”, as pointed out
Barack Obama in 2009, the actor was considered the first black star of
Hollywood. In order to pay tribute to his career, several television channels are shaking up their programming.
This Monday January 10, Art will broadcast, at 8:50 p.m., the comedy by Stanley Kramer Guess who’s coming to dinner. In this 1967 feature film, Sidney Poitier replies to Spencer Tracy and
Katharine Hepburn. Katharine Houghton, she plays the role of his girlfriend (white, it is important) who must introduce him to his parents. But can the ideal son-in-law be black? The question arose at that time in the United States since interracial marriage was legalized throughout the country a few months before the film’s release.
“In the Heat of the Night”, a five-Oscar film
The following week, Monday January 17th, France 5 will also modify its programming by proposing In the heat of the Night, Norman Jewison’s film, also from 1967, at 9 p.m. True immersed in Mississippi, the feature film begins with the murder of a businessman. An African-American, seated in the hall of the station, is immediately charged with the murder. Checks made, it turns out that this man is Virgil Tibbs, a policeman. In the heat of the night got
five Oscars, including that of the best film, the following year.