The Wiz | Film Screening

February 14, 2026

THE WIZ — Film Screening

Take a trip “down the Yellow Brick Road” with The Wiz (1978), the groundbreaking musical-fantasy reimagining of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with an all-Black cast. Diana Ross stars as Dorothy, a Harlem schoolteacher swept into a dazzling urban Oz, where she teams up with the Scarecrow (Michael Jackson), Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion on a journey toward courage, heart, and home.

Presented in partnership with Black in the Gorge. Proceeds benefit Columbia Center for the Arts and Black in the Gorge’s cultural programs.

Film details

Rating: G

Runtime: 133 minutes

Director: Sidney Lumet

Based on: The Broadway musical / L. Frank Baum’s story

What critics said

Rotten Tomatoes’ critics consensus calls it “a workmanlike movie musical… despite some committed performances from its all-star cast.”

Early trade reactions included Variety praising it as a “big, rousing… hit” that should “enthrall the young in heart.”

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