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- In all, A Patch of Blue must be seen for its groundbreaking depiction of racial dynamics and interracial romance in America. The acting is unforgettable and the filmmaking is top notch. If that doesn't convince you, then the score is absolutely breathtaking.
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Dec 18, 2023 · A Patch of Blue is Guy Green’s film adaptation of Elizabeth Kata’s novel Be Ready with Bells and Drums about a black man who befriends a blind white girl in the 1960s and seeks to improve her position by providing an escape from her abusive home life.
A Patch of Blue is one of my favorite classic movies. There are so many wonderful elements to the film: a tragic script, fantastic acting, family tensions, a beautiful romance, suspense, humor, social commentary, fitting music, and above all, heart.
A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman in her film debut), and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided America.
Sidney Poitier gives what is his best performance, in my opinion, in A Patch of Blue as the kindly educated man Gordon Ralfe. He's dashingly handsome, very patient, effortlessly cool, and very...
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Sep 4, 2016 · Patch of Blue, A (1965): Oscar-Winning Interracial Melodrama Starring Elizabeth Hartman and Sidney Poitier. Shelley Winters won her second Best Supporting Actress Oscar for A Patch of Blue, a pioneering interracial melodrama, starring Sidney Poitier, which received five Oscar nominations.
Full Review | Mar 2, 2020. Sergio Benítez Espinof. Goldsmith's variety of work makes 'A patch of Blue' one of those works that could be labeled as essential within the master's vast trajectory...
Sep 27, 2010 · Topping this week’s list of best features is the 1965 feature starring Elizabeth Hartman as a blind young woman trapped in a hate-filled life. Forced to string beads for her domineering mother played brilliantly by Shelley Winters as a way to bring in extra income for their small, rat hole apartment. When she convinces her employer to walk ...
