Slideshow
HALLELUJAH! Introduced by Donald Bogle and Post-Screening Talk by David Pierce and Margaret Bodde
Wednesday, November 10 at 6:30
NEW 35mm RESTORATION
Introduced by author and historian Donald Bogle in conversation with Bruce Goldstein
Post-screening talk with David Pierce of the Library of Congress and Margaret Bodde of The Film Foundation
HALLELUJAH! will be introduced by author and film historian Donald Bogle, whose seminal book Toms, Coons, Mulattoes and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films was the first to recognize McKinney as a major figure in the history of Black entertainment. When still in his 20s, Bogle interviewed King Vidor at length about HALLELUJAH! and McKinney. In his book Brown Sugar, Bogle wrote, “For a brief spell it looked as if she would be the one sepia star in Hollywood’s lilywhite heaven. Everyone from director Vidor to producer Irving Thalberg predicted a glorious future for her. But McKinney learned what every other Black love goddess of the screen was to discover: after one great triumph, there were no significant follow-up roles.”
Following the screening, David Pierce, Chief Operations Officer of the Library of Congress film archive in Culpeper, Virginia, will talk about the HALLELUJAH! restoration. He will be joined by Margaret Bodde of the Film Foundation.
Watch an interview with Donald Bogle about his book Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography.
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