SUN MAY 12, 2024 5:00 PM RAMBLING ROSE / INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Martha Coolidge. Moderated by Jan Oxenberg. 35mm prints courtesy of Martha Coolidge ‘Martha Coolidge: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Free screening of INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE included with admission to RAMBLING ROSE Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: RAMBLING ROSE, 1991, Dir. Martha Coolidge, 112 Min, Rialto Pictures, USA Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, daughter and mother in real life, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, making them the first mother-daughter duo to be nominated for Academy Awards for the same film or in the same year. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film, and Martha Coolidge won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director. FORMAT: 35mm INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, 1999, Dir. Martha Coolidge, 115 Min, HBO Films, USA Coolidge branches out into musical territory with INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, but her subject, the true story of the first black woman to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, only deepens her existing commitment to portraying American women in all of their imperfect glory. Join us for a Q&A with Martha Coolidge in person to discuss these fascinating leading ladies. FORMAT: 35mm