Thes View Of Reality - 1500 Words

Actor, Filmmaker, and Director, Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1924, in Miami, Florida to Reginald and Evelyn Poitier. On this day he was born, â€Å"two and a half months prematurely while his Bahamian parents were on vacation in Miami (Biography.com). However, â€Å"as soon as he was strong enough, Poitier left the United States with his parents for the Bahamas† (Biography.com). His father, Reginald, a poor tomato farmer, moved the family to the capital, Nassau, when Poitier was eleven and it was there that Sidney first encountered cinema (PBS.org). It is stated that, â€Å"even at a young age, Sidney recognized the ability of cinema to expand one’s view of reality† (PBS.org). It was in an interview that, â€Å"Poitier later told Frank Spotnitz in†¦show more content†¦The theater’s cofounder Frederick O’Neal, â€Å"Became impatient with Poitier’s Caribbean accent and poor reading skill† (Notablebiographies.com). L ater in time Poitier told Los Angeles Times, He came up on the stage, furious, and grabbed me by the scruff of my pants and my collar and marched me toward the door (Notablebiographies.com). Despite this upset, Poitier didn’t stop there, â€Å"determined to succeed, continued working in the restaurant but listened to radio broadcasts in his spare time to improve his speaking. He later returned to the theater and was hired as a janitor in exchange for acting lessons† (Notablebiographies.com). While working at the theater, â€Å"Poitier was given the role of understudying Harry Belefonte in the play â€Å"Days of our Youth.† Filling in for Belefonte one night, Poitier made his public debut† (PBS.org). After the success of his one-night appearance, Poitier’s acting, â€Å"led to a small role in a production of the Greek comedy Lysistrata (Notablebiographies.com). It is also noted that, â€Å"on opening night of the latter play (Lysistrata), Poitier was so nervous that he delivered the wrong lines and ran off the stage; still, his brief appearance so impressed critics that he ended up getting more work† (Notablebiographies.com). After the success of this play, Poitier became a name in history when his role, â€Å"landed him another in the play Anna Lucasta,