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Bahamas Ministry of Tourism sponsors event honouring Sir Sidney Poitier in California
By Angelika Cartwright, MOT
Oct 10, 2012 - 3:44:40 PM

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Left to right: General Manager of Communications, Anita Johnson-Patty; Senior Director of Communications, Geneva Cooper; Gala Honoree Sir Sidney Poitier and Senior Manager of Bahamas Film and TV Commission, Eureka Glinton.

LOS ANGELES, California - The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism (BMOT) served as a bronze-level sponsor for Friends, The Foundation of the California African American Museum’s (CAAM) annual gala, An Artful Evening at CAAM, which this year honored legendary, Academy Award-winner Sir Sidney Poitier and acclaimed artist John Outterbridge with Lifetime Achievement Awards.

The gala welcomed more than 200 guests including celebrities, Los Angeles’ key stakeholders and art community. Senior Director of Communications Geneva Cooper also gave an opening statement that recognized more than 60 years of Poitier’s remarkable accomplishments as a star of the stage and silver screen, film director, author, poet and Bahamian diplomat.


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