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    A natural film star who quietly pioneered a revolution Sidney Poitier 1927-2022

    Jan 14, 2022 3 minutes
    By Peter Bradshaw

    For postwar America, Sidney Poitier became something like the Black Cary Grant: a strikingly handsome and well-spoken Bahamian-American actor. He was a natural film star who projected passion, yet tempered by a kind of refinement and restraint that white moviegoers found reassuring.

    Poitier, who died last week aged 94, was graceful, manly, self-possessed, with an innate dignity and a tremendous screen presence. He also had a beautiful, melodious voice – the result of his

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