The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary “Sidney” has arrived eight months after the death of Sidney Poitier.
This image provided by AppleTV shows Sidney Poitier in Sidney, premiering Sept. 23, 2022 on Apple TV+. – Oprah Winfrey was discussing her profound affection for trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier — a longtime friend and mentor to her — when she was overcome by emotion during an interview on the upcoming documentary “,” a life-spanning portrait. She plunged her head into her hands and cried, “I just love him so much.
“I was trying not to lose it, actually, because my love for him is as deep and as strong as for any human being I know," Winfrey said in an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, where “Sidney” premiered Saturday. “He was my adviser, my counselor, my friend, my comfort, my balm, my joy.”“Sidney,” which Apple TV+ will premiere Sept.
“The film is an act of love for me for him,” Winfrey said as tears again welled up. “I don’t know why I’m breaking down. My opportunity to do this was my offering to him.” Hudlin, the director of “House Party” and the Thurgood Marshall drama “Marshall," estimates he had completed about 90% of the interviews on the film when Poitier died.
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