April 8, 2024: I Am AmericanStudying Sidney Poitier: Vaughn Joy on No Way Out

[Thiscoming weekend marks the 60thanniversary of Sidney Poitier becoming the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar.So this week I’ll AmericanStudy a handful of Poitier performances, leading upto a special post on a handful of 21C actors carrying his legacy forward!]

Back inJanuary, at the end of myseries on Columbia Pictures’ 100th anniversary, I paidtribute to a current FilmStudier I really love: Vaughn Joy. I ended thatlist of (some of) Vaughn’s many impressive pieces and projects by highlightingone of her newest, her ReviewRoulette newsletter. Not too long after that, Vaughn focused on a BlackHistory Month edition of her newsletter on Sidney Poitier’s film debut, No Way Out (1950). It’s one of my favoriteentries in a newsletter that I’m always excited to see in my inbox, so in lieuof today’s post I’ll ask you to check out that hyperlinked piece of Vaughn’s,subscribe to Review Roulette, and come on back here tomorrow for the nextPoitierStudying!

NextPoitier post tomorrow,

Ben

PS. Whatdo you think? Other Poitier films you’d highlight?