The banned films of Sidney Poitier

[Trevor]

LILLIES OF THE FIELD
CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY
TO SIR, WITH LOVE
THE DEFIANT ONES
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
A PATCH OF BLUE
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
THE WILBY CONSPIRACY
THEY CALL ME MR TIBBS
THE ORGANIZATION

[Rev. Powell]

That's all?

[Trevor]

That's all?

I forgot about CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY and THE DEFIANT ONES.

[M.10rda]

I'd figure Poitier for Public Enemy #1.......

[Trevor]

I'd figure Poitier for Public Enemy #1.......

Yes, sadly. The apartheid censor board sadly saw him as a threat as he appealed to many cinema goers, irrespective of their race and backgrounds.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT was banned because of the slap scene, A PATCH OF BLUE and GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER were banned because of the love across colour lines "problem", TO SIR WITH LOVE was banned because it offended them that a person of colour was teaching a class of white kids, THE WILBY CONSPIRACY was banned due to its anti apartheid stance and I have absolutely no idea why a charming comedy drama like LILLIES OF THE FIELD was banned 🤔😳