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Diversity Trailblazer Sidney Poitier Lends Name to Arizona State University Film School

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Legendary actor Sidney Poitier has leant his name and reputation to Arizona State University's Sidney Poitier New American Film School amid plans to establish campuses in three cities across Arizona and California.

By having Oscar winner Poitier— who in 1964 became the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for the Arizona-shot Lilies of the Field— lend his name to its film school, ASU is looking to demonstrate that the institution includes, and does not exclude, students of color and first-generation immigrants.

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