Film
Julie Dash Shorts
This program surveys Julie Dash’s (Daughters of the Dust) remarkable career from the 1970s to the present.
Directed by Julie Dash
2016, 10min
A look at the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Directed by Julie Dash
1975, 8min
A dance film set to the music of Nina Simone; her breakthrough work.
Preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema is a project by UCLA Film & Television Archive developed as part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980.
Directed by Julie Dash
1982, 32min
Which explores African-American representation in 1940s Hollywood via the story of a black studio executive passing as white.
Preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema is a project by UCLA Film & Television Archive developed as part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980.
Directed by Julie Dash
1991, 25min
A performance piece made with Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.
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A ravishing restoration of Julie Dash’s celebration of 20th-century Gullah life and black womanhood.
South Africa’s Isango Ensemble delivers a musical adaptation of a young refugee’s story.