Wednesday, December 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Director: Josef Berne. With: Dorothy Dandridge, Dudley Dickerson. Director: Dudley Murphy. With: Hoagy Carmichael, Dorothy Dandridge, Peter Ray. Produced and starring Halle Berry, directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Shonda Rhimes, this exciting HBO biopic about Dandridge reintroduced Dandridge to audiences at the turn of the century, cementing her legendary status. Based on an unauthorized biography by Earl Mills, Dandridge’s former manager, the story centers on Dandridge in the 1960s reminiscing on the phone about her career peaks and valleys. When Berry became the first (and still only) Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar a few years later for *Monster’s Ball *in 2002, she said in her acceptance speech, “This is for Dorothy Dandridge.”—*guest programmer Miriam Bale* DCP. Director: Martha Coolidge. Screenwriters: Shonda Rhimes, Scott Abbott. With: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner.