Sidney Poitier: man, actor, icon

pt. 1. Poverty and progress ; Patches (1927-1943) ; Great migrations (1943-1945) ; Stages (1945-1949)

pt. II. Race man ; Message movies (1949-1952) ; Black lists (1951-1954) ; Threats (1955-1957) ; Noble savages (1956-1957)

pt. III. Black man's burden ; Decisions (1957-1959) ; Burdens (1959-1961) ; Blues (1960-1962) ; Long journeys (1963-1964)

pt. IV. Alone in the penthouse ; Crossroads (1965-1966) ; Useful negroes (1966-1967) ; Last hurrahs (1967-1968)

pt. V. Through playing God ; Exiles (1967-1971) ; Survivors (1972-1978) ; Ghosts (1978-2002).