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"In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man." —SIDNEY POITIER On the set of Uptown Saturday Night (1974) 72 DGA QUARTERLY PHOTO: PHOTOFEST T R I B U T E Sidney Poitier » Sidney Poitier joined the DGA in 1971 and, by the following spring, he completed his directorial debut, Buck and the Preacher, a Western starring himself and Harry Belafonte. He would end up directing eight more features, including Stir Crazy, the first movie directed by an African American to gross more than $100 million in North America. Throughout his 70-year career, the Hollywood legend, who turned 90 on February 20, toppled numerous barriers with both vigor and grace.