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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...
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AFI Movie Club: MONSTER’S BALL
Directed by Marc Forster and produced by Lee Daniels, the critically acclaimed drama MONSTER’S BALL first premiered at AFI FEST presented by Audi in 2001 and was honored with an AFI AWARD as one of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. The film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger…
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