THEY CALL HIM MR. POITIER – Limited Series
THEY CALL HIM MR. POITIER
at the Philadelphia Film Center
The Philadelphia Film Society presents a limited series celebrating the groundbreaking legacy of Academy Award Winner® Sidney Poitier.
Individual Tickets
$13 | $9 for PFS Members
Four Film Bundle
$30 | $26 for PFS Members
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A RAISIN IN THE SUNDANIEL PETRIE | USA | 1961 | 128 MIN
February 5 | 6:00 PM | Film Center
The film adaptation of the groundbreaking 1959 play finds the Younger family facing opposition in their efforts to achieve the American Dream myth after inheriting a large sum of money.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
NORMAN JEWISON | USA | 1967 | 110 MIN
February 11 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
Sidney Poitier’s Philadelphia Homicide Detective Tibbs finds himself reluctantly embedded in a murder case in the deep south while confronting the racial bigotry of its police force and locals.
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
STANLEY KRAMER | USA | 1967 | 108 MIN
February 19 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
A whirlwind romance leads to engagement between an interracial couple that will challenge the minds of those around them even before dinner is served in this Poitier classic.
SNEAKERS
PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON | USA | 1992 | 126 MIN | PG-13
February 27 | 3:00 PM | Film Center
The high stakes, hi-tech thrilling comedy caper that finds a bunch of computer gurus attempting to thwart digital invasion of privacy at the dawn of the internet…guess we haven’t learned much.