Buck and the Preacher(1972) was the directorial debut of the great actor, Sidney Poitier. Poitier starred alongside Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee in this Western that broke genre conventions by casting African-American actors in the lead and portraying the not formerly tackled subject of the plight of the newly freed slaves in the post-Civil War period. By the … Continue reading Buck and the Preacher: Sidney Poitier’s directorial debut is a gritty & funny Western that details the plight of slaves after the American Civil war →