Sidney Poiter honoured

[gisli]

Saw this http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/frett.html?nid=1202320 He IS the greatest, he was honoured in Cannes film festival, it is the most honour that France can offer to an artist. You can propably find this story on an english "speaking" webpage. He is 79 years old........can you believe it.
He said some intresting stuff in this story. The things he has gone through is more then admirable. A great actor, a great humanitarian. Great work France.

[Dee]

Here is another article about that, Gisli.

CANNES, France (AP) - France gave actor Sidney Poitier its highest arts honour Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the culture minister praised him for tearing down barriers for black actors in Hollywood.

Poitier was named a commander in France's order of arts and letters. Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres told the 79-year-old actor: "You are the champion of equality between men."

The actor, who won an Academy Award for Lilies of the Field in 1963, thanked his parents, who were field workers in the Bahamas, for giving him a sense of honesty, integrity and compassion.

He also thanked the directors who broke convention to hire him, calling them "men who chose to change that pattern because it was not democratic, it was not American, it was not human.

http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=2b54e53e-6cef-4b8d-ace2-3fc125cba3c9&k=83038

[gisli]

Yeap, that is the same story word for word. Thanks Dee, knew it would come in.

[Dee]

You're welcome Gisli. I've always had great respect for Sidney Poitier's work and personality. A true gentleman, a class act, and a fine example of a human being.

[geula]

He surely deserves the prize. I always admired this gentleman. Dee, ditto.
Geula.