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The Defiant Ones : Noah and John are Released from Captivity

Tied together to a stake by a white mob, Noah (Sidney Poitier) and John (Tony Curtis) discuss the possibility of a lynching until a man sets them free.

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close-up, extreme long shot, handheld camera, long take, medium close-up, medium shot, mobile framing, point-of-view shot, rack focus, two-shot, zoom-in

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, White: White American

"Noah and John are Released from Captivity" in The Defiant Ones. Directed by Stanley Kramer, Curtleigh Productions, 1958, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2549

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