![]() One of the Bahamas International Film Festival’s missions is to ensure youth in The Bahamas have the opportunity to remember Sir Sidney while celebrating the achievements of others within the film industry. Sir Sidney possesses a true love and appreciation for the people of The Bahamas. What makes this addition so momentous is that he is a Bahamian who believes in building future generations of filmmakers while honoring the actors and actresses who broke ground, furthermore, upholding their careers with poise. Proud to represent The Bahamas, Sir Sidney was the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan, a position held from 2002 to 2007, while being the Ambassador of The Bahamas to UNESCO. The most successful films that catapulted Poitier’s career in 1967 where, ‘ To Sir with Love,’ ‘ Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ and ‘ In the Heat of the Night.’ĭirecting was not far away from his achievements having a directorial debut with the western ‘ Buck and the Preacher’ soon followed by ‘ Uptown Saturday Night,’ ‘ Let’s Do It Again,’ ‘ A Piece Of The Action,’ ‘ Stir Crazy,’ ‘ Hanky Panky,’ ‘ Fast Forward’ and ‘ Ghost Dad.’įrom 1995 to 2003, Poitier served as a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company. Poitier’s reputation solidified with leading roles in mainstream films: ‘ No Way Out’ (1950), ‘ Blackboard Jungle’ (1955), ‘ The Bedford Incident’ and ‘ A Patch Of Blue’ (1965). ![]() ![]() In 2009, Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America’s highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama.Ī global legend, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1968 and highly respected author, director and “actor’s actor,” with more than fifty films and television shows to his credit, Poitier has starred in some of Hollywood’s most important and biggest films and earned critics’ praise for several commanding performances. Thirty-eight years after receiving the Best Actor award, Poitier received an honorary tribute from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being. A few years later in 1964, Poitier was the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in a riveting and memorable performance as Homer Smith in Ralph Nelson’s ‘ Lilies of The Field.’ Poitier stretched his reach within the industry on film and on stage acting in productions such as ‘ A Raisin in the Sun’ (1959) and ‘ Lysistrata.’ For his film role in ‘ The Defiant Ones,’ Poitier was the first male actor of African descent to be nominated for a competitive Academy Award in 1958. “Poitier is one of the finest actors for generations and is, simply put, an icon and a legend.” The American Film Institute named him among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. “There is no person on Earth who is better suited to have the Career Achievement Award be named after him,” Vanderpool said. Nassau, Bahamas – Ap– The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today that Academy Award® winner and renowned global icon Sir Sidney Poitier has agreed to the naming of the prestigious Career Achievement Award at the Bahamas International Film Festival the “Sir Sidney Poitier Tribute Award.” BIFF founder and executive director Leslie Vanderpool made the announcement. ![]() SIR SIDNEY POITIER TO BESTOW HIS NAME TO THE BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (BIFF) CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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