Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement, died peacefully Saturday, according to publicist Jeff Sanderson.
"Every time a film deals with racism, many Americans feel uncomfortable," he wrote. "Yet it has to be confronted. We have to deal with prejudice and injustice or we will never understand what is good and evil, right and wrong; we need to feel how the other' feels."
James Baldwin condemned the film's appalling distance from reality, but critics like The New York Times' Bosley Crowther praised it for its power and inspiration.
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