{"id":649,"date":"2016-03-16T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T08:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2016-03-16T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T08:25:47","slug":"bite-sized-blog-post-kathleen-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/16\/bite-sized-blog-post-kathleen-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Bite-sized blog post: Kathleen Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Losing_Ground_DVD_v5_151230\"<\/a><\/p>\n

KATHLEEN COLLINS has been recognized\u00a0as the first African American woman to write and direct a feature length film.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Losing Ground<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1982) was Collins’ second film and first feature (The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy<\/em> was less than an hour so not quite a feature). Unfortunately, it was also her last. She died of cancer at 46.<\/p>\n

\u00a0More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!<\/p>\n

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Where to watch her films:<\/span><\/h2>\n

AMAZON (DVDs\/BluRays for PURCHASE)<\/a><\/p>\n

PURCHASE FROM MILESTONE FILMS<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more about her:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/h2>\n

ONLINE
\n<\/strong>Find Losing Ground on Facebook
\n<\/a>New York Times Obituary<\/a>
\n<\/a>Release of Newly-Restored “Lost” Kathleen Collins 1982 Classic, ‘Losing Ground,’ Starting in February
\n<\/a>NPR
\n<\/a>The New Yorker
\n<\/a>Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\u00a0<\/b>1982Losing Ground<\/a><\/div>\n
\u00a01980<\/span>The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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