Sidney Poitier - The Measure of a Man, a spiritual autobiography

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Beschrijving

Sidney Poitier In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career.  
His body of work is arguably the most morally significant in cinematic history, and the power and influence of that work are indicative of the character of the man behind the many storied roles.  
 
Sidney Poitier here explores these elements of character and personal values to take his own measure— as a man, as a husband and a father, and as an actor. Poitier credits his parents and his childhood on tiny Cat Island in the Bahamas for equipping him with the unflinching sense of right and wrong and of self-worth that he has never surrendered and that have dramatically shaped his world.  
 
Poitier was uncompromising as he pursued a personal and public life that would honor his upbringing and the invaluable legacy of his parents.  
Just a few years after his introduction to indoor plumbing and the automobile, Poitier broke racial barrier after racial barrier to launch a pioneering acting career.  
 
Committed to the notion that what one does for a living articulates to who one is, Poitier played only forceful and affecting characters who said something positive, useful, and lasting about the human condition. 
Here is Poitier's own introspective look at what has informed his performances and his life.  
 
HarperSanFrancisco (2007), 256 blz. 
Met zwart-wit foto's en uitgebreid register. 
Paperback afm. 13,5 x 20,5 cm. 
Kaft wat smoezelig, verder in goede staat.