this is a film by sam pollard, another great documentary film maker. he was the editor for many of spike lee's films. he's been nominated for an academy award and this is an overview of sammy davis, junior's life. >> wonderful. >> and it's much more complex and complicated than i ever imagined. he was t ciefl heri fghints movemorent w martin luther king, jr. when i was growing up, he was kind of known as having hugged richard nixon. but there's so much more to his life. that's the clip we're going to see. >> should we go to the clip or would you like to set it up? >> this is is a trailer of the film so we can go right to it. >> let's go. >> i'm colored, jewish and puerto rican. when i move into a neighborhood, i wipe it out. >> sammy davis, junior's life was about confronting obstacles. ♪ mr. bojangles, mr. bojangles, mr. bojangles, come back and dance ♪. >> his gift was his talent. the curse was being black in america. >> it's no fun to walk into a place you're going to play in and be told that we've had 14 bomb threats. >> even if you win, you don't