KATHLEEN COLLINS has been recognized as the first African American woman to write and direct a feature length film.
Losing Ground (1982) was Collins’ second film and first feature (The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy was less than an hour so not quite a feature). Unfortunately, it was also her last. She died of cancer at 46.
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Where to watch her films:
AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)
Read more about her:
ONLINE
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New York Times Obituary
Release of Newly-Restored “Lost” Kathleen Collins 1982 Classic, ‘Losing Ground,’ Starting in February
NPR
The New Yorker
Wikipedia
FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):
1982Losing Ground