I already saw this film in 1975, when I was only 12 years old. But not entirely, as far as I remember. I was frustrated. I guess that's the movie where Poitier and Shimkus met together. I love this feature, hesitating between crime and social drama. The 1969 period was the best ever to talk about segregation and struggle for black people to get the civic rights. To be on the same scale as the white one. Poitier gives here a very poignant and terrific performance. Yes, it's a touching, heart breaking movie, a real tragedy. I think the director was a black film maker. But I don't consider it as a blaxploitation film, I don't know exactly why. I really can't explain. It looks like a movie made by white producers - Universal Studios - for a black audience.
Review of The Lost Man
