Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
- Directed by
- Martha Coolidge
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film follows the life of Dorothy Dandridge, a Black actress and singer in mid-20th century America. It shows her rise to fame, the personal and professional challenges she faced due to racism and sexism, and the cost of her success.
stirringpoignantbittersweetreflectiveinspiringintimatemelancholictempered
What happens
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Shonda Rhimes and Scott Abbott, based on the 1991 biography Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in late 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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