Sidney Poitierbroke the color barrier in ways few African American actors could before he could change the cinematic landscape.
He chose projects that often defied social conventions and held his own with legends such asRichard WidmarkandTony Curtis.
They uncover a web filled with sex, social inequality, and a wealthy white establishment harboring dark secrets.
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The South was often depicted with a level of charm and grace before 1967.
In the Heat of the Nights themes remain timely beyond its 1967 release.
Both films played more as straight detective thrillers than social commentaries, inferior to Jewison’s original movie.
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A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town and, after being cleared, is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
