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A scene from In the Heat of the Night (1967), in which Sidney Poitier (pictured here with Rod Steiger and Jester Hairston) is about to return the slap of Larry Gates, who plays plantation owner Mr Endicott. Image: United Artists/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty Images
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Sidney Poitier: Stone cold when ‘cool’ was not even a factor

Pioneer actor and activist Sidney Poitier, who died at age 94, alchemised the Black condition into a dignified on-screen presence in the 20th century. Bongani Madondo wrestles…

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