Based on Elizabeth Kata’s 1961 novel “Be Ready with Bells and Drums,” Guy Green’s A PATCH OF BLUE (1965) is a story of color-blind love defying adversity – featuring the timeless talents of the legendary Sidney Poitier – who, in addition to having earned an AFI Life Achievement Award, was among the luminaries to inform...

A PATCH OF BLUE, a heartwarming picture of love that defies adversity, features the talent of AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and AFI Board of Trustees emeritus Sidney Poitier. Watch Sidney Poitier talk about applying life experiences in acting, during a seminar at the AFI Conservatory in 1991. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream A...