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

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.

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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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