Lilies of the Field (1963)
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
5 Kinolab Clips
Amen
Homer (Sidney Poitier) and the Catholic nuns join together in song despite their vastly different musical experiences.
Duration: 00:04:53
Contributor: Alex Miller
Black and White
Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) offers to teach Mother Maria (Lilia Skala) and the other Roman Catholic nuns English
Duration: 00:02:56
Timestamp: 00:12:21
Contributor: Alex Miller
Cultures Collide
An unlikely friendship begins between Juan (Stanley Adams) and Homer (Sidney Poitier) when he is finally able to eat the satisfying breakfast that he has been missing.
Duration: 00:03:41
Timestamp: 00:27:41
Contributor: Alex Miller
El Boss
Homer (Sidney Poitier) watches Mother Maria (Lilia Skala) and the nuns try and fail to give directions to Juan (Stanley Adams) and the other Latin Americans.
Duration: 00:03:48
Timestamp: 01:11:28
Contributor: Alex Miller
Ending Sequence
Homer's (Sidney Poitier) work is finished. He and the nuns have one final interaction before he returns to his life.
Duration: 00:05:11
Timestamp: 01:28:14
Contributor: Alex Miller