[African American- Film] The Organization. Archive of 6 Original Lobby Cards. United Artists Corporation, 1971. All cards measure 11" x 14". The Organization is a 1971 American crime thriller film starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Don Medford. It was the last of the trilogy featuring the police detective Virgil.....
Kramer, Stanley (director). The Defiant Ones, 1958, situates Sidney Poitier within a pivotal Civil Rights-era narrative that foregrounds interracial cooperation under coercive conditions, advancing one of the earliest Hollywood treatments of racial prejudice and mutual dependence between Black and white protagonists. The film follows two escaped prisoners, one Black and.....
Columbia Pictures Corporation, To Sir, With Love, 1967, documents the emergence of Sidney Poitier as a central figure in global Black cinema and the articulation of race, authority, and education within a transatlantic context during the Civil Rights era. The film places a Black teacher in a working-class London classroom.....
Poitier, Sidney. Film still and lobby card archive, 1957–1963, documents the early screen career of Sidney Poitier during a period of expanding African American representation in mainstream American cinema. The group captures key performances across films addressing interracial relationships, military integration, and Black family life, providing primary visual evidence of.....
United Artists Corporation. In the Heat of the Night and They Call Me Mister Tibbs promotional materials, 1967 and 1970, document a shift in American film toward central Black protagonists in roles of authority during the Civil Rights era. Sidney Poitier’s portrayal of Virgil Tibbs, a Black detective operating within.....
United Artists Corporation. The Defiant Ones promotional materials, 1958, document a landmark moment in American film history in which a Black lead actor was positioned at the center of a major studio narrative addressing race and cooperation. Starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis, the film presents two escaped prisoners, one.....
Columbia Pictures Corporation, To Sir, With Love, 1967, documents the international emergence of Sidney Poitier as a defining figure in African American film history, presenting a Black educator navigating race, class, and authority within a working-class London school. The film situates Poitier’s character within an interracial classroom, addressing discipline, respect.....
Sidney Poitier:The Mark of the Hawk Original Lobby Card Archive. Each Lobby Card 14" x 12.5." Universal Pictures 1957. This is one Poitier's earliest movies, predating his role in The Defiant Ones (1958.) and only 2 years out of high school. This Lot of 3 lobby cards, one from U.S......
Kramer, Stanley (director). Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1967, addresses interracial marriage in the immediate aftermath of Loving v. Virginia, situating its narrative within a moment when anti-miscegenation laws had only just been struck down across the United States. The film centers on the relationship between John Prentice, portrayed by.....
