Retrograde

In 1950s Hollywood, ten years before becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar, a young Sidney Poitier arrives to sign a life-changing contract. But there is a catch. As McCarthyism forces Black creatives to denounce their peers or risk never working again, Sidney is drawn into events larger than he imagined and must make an impossible choice between fame and integrity. Ryan Calais Cameron's wickedly funny and alarmingly timely drama pulls back the curtain on Tinseltown to reveal the personal cost of compromise.