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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 309867" data-attributes="member: 33">About a year and a half ago I watched the film Lilies In The Field&nbsp; (1963) for the first time and posted my thoughts in the What Was The Last Film You Watched thread. This is part of what I said in my review:Sidney Poitier plays Homer Smith who by chance meets a group of nuns and who persuade him to stay and build a chapel for them. It&#039;s an understated film that has drama and humour with just the right balance of each. Sidney Poitier is outstanding and gives one of the most charming and endearing performances you will ever see in a film.He was one of the greats of Hollywood who should have had a more extensive career but he rejected film roles based on offensive racial stereotypes at a time when many Black performers were relegated to subservient or foolish roles. He once said “the kind of Negro played on the screen was always negative, buffoons, clowns, shuffling butlers, really misfits. This was the background when I came along 20 years ago and I chose not to be a party to the stereotyping&quot;. What a man!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 309867, member: 33"] About a year and a half ago I watched the film[I] Lilies In The Field[/I] (1963) for the first time and posted my thoughts in the What Was The Last Film You Watched thread. This is part of what I said in my review: [I]Sidney Poitier plays Homer Smith who by chance meets a group of nuns and who persuade him to stay and build a chapel for them. It's an understated film that has drama and humour with just the right balance of each. Sidney Poitier is outstanding and gives one of the most charming and endearing performances you will ever see in a film.[/I] He was one of the greats of Hollywood who should have had a more extensive career but he rejected film roles based on offensive racial stereotypes at a time when many Black performers were relegated to subservient or foolish roles. He once said “the kind of Negro played on the screen was always negative, buffoons, clowns, shuffling butlers, really misfits. This was the background when I came along 20 years ago and I chose not to be a party to the stereotyping". What a man! [/QUOTE]

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