Nearly six decades after Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an acting Oscar, four actors of colour are nominated at this year's Academy Awards.

There will be a tribute to Poitier, who died in January, at Sunday's ceremony in Los Angeles.

The BBC's culture editor Katie Razzall talked to his daughter, Sydney, to find out more about her father’s life and legacy.

Photo of Sidney Poitier with Martin Luther King Jr courtesy Bob Fitch Archive/Stanford University Libraries; image with President Obama courtesy The White House

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