Losing Ground
Friday, March 27, 2015, 7:00pm
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 5:00pm
Sunday, March 29, 2015, 2:30pm
Raw Space Culture Gallery
2031 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.
(Bet. 121st & 122nd Sts)
Harlem
Admission: $10
Losing Ground (1982) is one of the first feature films written and directed by a black woman, and a groundbreaking romance exploring women’s sexuality, modern marriage, and the life of artists and scholars. But most of all, it is a great film, one that firmly belongs in the canon of American independent cinema in the 1980s. Sara (Seret Scott) is a philosophy professor and her husband Victor (Bill Gunn) is a painter, and with their personal and professional lives at a crossroads, they leave the city for the country, experiencing a reawakening, both together and separately. Also featuring Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead), the film is honest, funny, and wise, and a testament to the remarkable playwright, professor, and filmmaker Kathleen Collins, as well as the immense talent that was lost when she passed away in 1988 at age 46. A Milestone Films release. Directed by Kathleen Collins, 86 min., USA