July 24, 2026
Halle Berry and INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE – AFI Catalog Spotlight
August 1, 2026 Halle Berry and INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE – AFI Catalog Spotlight When AFI Trustee Halle Berry won her Academy Award® for MONSTER’S BALL (2001) – becoming the first Black actress ever to earn that accolade for a leading role – she dedicated the moment to “every nameless, faceless woman of color that now...
November 1, 2023
Dorothy Dandridge – AFI CATALOG SPOTLIGHT
This November, the AFI Catalog shines a spotlight on actress, singer and dancer Dorothy Dandridge, who would have turned 101 this month. Starring in the seminal musical with an all-Black cast, CARMEN JONES (1954), Dandridge became the first African American performer to be nominated for a leading role with a Best Actress Oscar® nomination, and...
June 18, 2021
AFI Movie Club: INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
Celebrating the career of an iconic screen legend – and the first African American woman ever nominated for an Academy Award® in a lead role – INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE is directed by Martha Coolidge and stars AFI Trustee Halle Berry in an award-winning performance. The 1999 HBO film was written by AFI Trustee Shonda Rhimes...
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