Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJanelle Monáe pays tribute to legendary Black female entertainers in Ralph Lauren’s fashion film for its spring 2021 collection.The 20-minute “Casablanca”-inspired movie, which premiered on Thursday night on ralphlauren.com, features the song “Dorothy Dandridge Eyes.”“Dorothy Dandridge, Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald — we love you,” Monáe says mid-song. “Sarah Vaughan, Lady Day — we love you.”The film was shot in the Ralph Lauren flagship on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
It opens with Monáe, in voiceover, saying, “Once upon a time, we gathered. We got dressed up. We were free. We were liberated.
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