THIS IS A STORY YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON 13. JEFF: SITTING BESIDE THE PLACID WATERS OF NASSAU, FRED FERGUSON, RENOWNED MUSICIAN AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL ALABAAM CARIBBEAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATION, REFLECTS ON THE LIFE OF FELLOW BAHAMIAN SIDNEY POITIER. >> IT CERTAINLY GIVEMES PLEASURE THAT I AM ABLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BAHAMIANS LIVING IN THE ALABAMA REGION, TO REPRESENT AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW PROUD I AM AS A BAHAMIAN TO KNOW I AM CONNECTED TO SOMEONE LIKE SIR SIDNEY. JEFF: SIR SIDNEY, HE SAYS, NEVER WALKED ON SCREEN OR IN LIFE WITH SHOULDERS BENT. >> WHEN WE WALK INTO A ROOM, YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW A BAHAMIAN IS THERE. AND SIDNEY, HE JUST EXEMPLIFIED THAT. JEFF: FERGUSON SHOULD KNOW. 10 YEARS AGO, HE WAS AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE SIDNEY POITIER BRIDGE TO PARADISE LAND.IS >> I PLAYED FOR THE CONCERT ALONG WITH BEBE WINANS THERE. AND THEN AT HIS 90TH BIRTHY,DA THERE WAS ANOTHER FUNCTION, DAN I WAS ALSO THE MUSIC DECIRTOR FOR THAT EVENT. JEFF: POITIER NEVER FOOT HISRG MODEST BAHAMIAN BEGINNINGS. >> HIS FATHER WAS A TOMATO FARMER. AND, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, BAHAMIANS WENT TO AMERICA ON WHAT WAS CALLED A CONTRACT FOR SURVIV.AL >> I KNOW I WAS RIGHT. I’VE GOT TO PROVE IT. JEFF: SO POWERFUL WAS POITIER IN 1950’S "NO WAY OUT" THAT THE FILM IS SAID TO HAVE PUSHED THE BRITISH TOWARD ENDING CONILO RULE OF THE BAHAMAS. AND SO POWERFUL IN 1967’S "GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER" -- >> I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOUR DAUGHT.ER JEFF: -- THAT SOME FOLKS CONSIDERED THE NOTION THAT -- >> LOVE IS LOVE. WHAT DOES IT MATTER THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN? THE BLOOD IS RED EITHER WAY YOU CUT IT. JEFF: ONE BAHAMIAN REMEMBERING ANOTHER. SIDNEY POITIER, WHO IN HIS4 9 YEARS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE SCREEN AND ON HUMANITY. JEFF ELIASOPH, WVT