SOUL:CINÉ & Spotlight Luton Present CARMEN JONES + Short Film
Director: Otto Preminger / 1954 / United States / 105mins
Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Joe Adams, & Diahann Carroll.
Carmen, a sultry, opinionated, and defiant young woman, seduces Joe a young soldier. Over the course of their whirlwind romance they navigate desire, passion, loyalty, longing, pain, and revenge.
Released at the height of the golden era of Hollywood, Carmen Jones features an all-black cast, and stars Dorothy Dandridge in a captivating performance that resulted in the first Oscar® nomination for a black actress in the Best Actress category. Come and join our screening of Bizet’s opera, reworked in sensational fashion, that to this day remains a pivotal moment in Black cinema.
Spotlight Luton is a program supporting local organisations in building their own sustainable community cinemas. With the support of the BFI Film Audience Network, Spotlight Luton awards funds from the National Lottery to bring cinema to more audiences across the UK, delivered by The Orange Picture Club, Bute Street Festival & local partners.
SOUL:CINÉ bi-monthly cinema club, is for film lovers to forge friendships, old & new, whilst basking in the glow and wonder of Black Cinema, in the heart of Luton’s cultural quarter.