sidneySidney: Directed by Reginald Hudlin. With Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Halle Berry, Willie Blue. Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.Sidney was laid out in 1851 and was orinally to be named Dayton. The surveyors were boarding with the Milton Richards family. Richards wife suggested they rename the city for her hometown of Sidney, Ohio. The Sidney Iowa