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Sidney Poitier, right, in the movie ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’

Sidney Poitier, right, in the movie ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’

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Trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier changed movies and lives

We go to movies not just to escape, but to discover. We might identify with the cowboy or the runaway bride or the kid who befriends a creature from another planet.