Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

“Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.”

Dorothy Dandridge (Halle Berry) is an acclaimed stage performer who wants a leading role in Hollywood, in an era that kept Black stars out of the front door. Martha Coolidge follows her as she wins the part of Carmen Jones over far more famous rivals, working beside Otto Preminger (Klaus Maria Brandauer). Her marriages and affairs bring heartbreak, but Dorothy and her manager Earl Mills (Brent Spiner) stay close.