Sidney Poitier, Speaking To Us From 1950

Watching the late, great actor's big screen debut, a compelling story of racism and humanity, in the midst of the 2020s "reckoning"

I was going to write this piece a month ago after the passing of Sydney Poitier, the great black American actor, but got bogged down in other things, so I’m taking up the subject now in tribute to Poitier and to Black History Month.

Last November, I stumbled on a fascinating 1950 film called No Way Out shown as part of a film noir festival on the Criteri…