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Race and Representation in Film
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Which film is often credited with being the first major Hollywood film to feature a black actor in a leading role?
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Carmen Jones
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Carmen Jones was a 1954 musical film based on the 1943 opera of the same name by Georges Bizet. It was the first major Hollywood film to feature a black actor, Dorothy Dandridge, in a leading role.