A Patch of Blue (1965)
Genres: Drama
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters
A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl, and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided America. Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film explores racism while playing on the idea that "love is blind."