Film
Carmen Jones
- 7PM
Bizet’s classic opera is updated for World War II-era America, starring Dorothy Dandridge (who became the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar) as the tempestuous parachute factory worker who gets mixed up with a young soldier (Belafonte), setting the stage for tragedy. As an all-stops-out Technicolor extravaganza built around Dandridge’s electrifying talent, it stands as a milestone of black representation in Hollywood.
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