A Patch of Blue

If we all were only blind.... Absolutely love this movie. It speaks for itself.

An exceptional story of a young blind girl and her friendship with an older black man. Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman are excellent. Shelley Winters plays her prostitute mother.

my personal favorite sidney poitier film

A film about a blind girl and a family who mistreats her and think she is less than because she is blind and a black male to takes the time to look into her. A film where I feel sympathetic to the blind girl because the family she is with acts like she is dumb because she is blind and thinks that she can not be taught because she can not see. She is mistreated. The only character who is able to help her be more independent is a black man who most in the time would reject but the blind girl can not judge him because she can not see his skin. As far as she knows this is the best person in the world because of how helpful he is to her. I think it is interesting when she tells him how her family views black people.

Even though it was filmed some years ago. It is HIGHLY RELEVANT TODAY in this toxic environment of division and intolernce

Powerful film with some fantastic performances.

As close to a perfect movie as it is possible to get.

With smart direction, brilliant acting, emotional music score, and conscious writing, "A Patch of Blue" delivers a radical message for the 1960's and it's a message that sadly shouldn't need to be said in the first place.
 This film is an easy wholehearted recommendation.

This is a hard to find movie, I found out about from a YouTuber that goes on site of old movies and talks about old movies. I rented this movie at my library and gave it a watch I know Sidney P. and I heard briefly of Elizabeth Hartman from the movie The Secret of Nimth another good movie. My bf didn't care for it too much, but I thought that it was cute the way he helps her and they become friends. The 60's was a different time and it was a good movie to watch, if you can find it give it a watch.

Selina D'Arcey is blind, yet she sees the world anew through the eyes of kindly Gordon Ralfe (Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier). An awkward Cinderella raised by a bigoted, abusive mother, Selina is white. She does not know that the man helping her learn to dial a pay phone or find the restroom is black. Elizabeth Hartman's luminous screen debut as Selina earned her a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer. On the veteran side as Selina's blowsy, bitter mother, Shelley Winters won her second Oscar. As directed by Guy Green (Oscar-winning cinematographer for Great Expectations, 1947), the performances are timeless in A Patch of Blue. So is this fine film's heart-soaring impact.