Julie Dash Movies
- 1977
The Diary of an African Nun
The Diary of an African Nun6.0711977HD
An African nun is consumed by fear and doubt about her decision to take the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her anguish intensifies...
- 2002
The Rosa Parks Story
The Rosa Parks Story7.22002HD
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 2011
These Amazing Shadows
These Amazing Shadows7.42011HD
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...
- 2022
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
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Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault...
- 2019
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything6.1792019HD
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the...
- 1991
Daughters of the Dust
Daughters of the Dust6.41991HD
In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.
- 2000
Love Song
Love Song7.82000HD
A privileged, black college student with a fiance falls in love with a white musician she meets on her 21st birthday.
- 1983
My Brother's Wedding
My Brother's Wedding6.71983HD
A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly...
- 1997
Subway Stories
Subway Stories61997HD
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
- 2023
Seeking: Mapping Our Gullah Geechee Story
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A non-linear coming-of-age story about Gullah Geechee children who set off into the dark of night to prove their spiritual maturity by embarking upon...
- 1999
Funny Valentines
Funny Valentines7.21999HD
A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling of a broken friendship with her cousin.
- 2003
Sisters in Cinema
Sisters in Cinema02003HD
Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.
- 1975
Four Women
Four Women51975HD
An imaginatively choreographed dance interpretation of the ballad by Nina Simone explores four common stereotypes of Black women.
- 1982
Illusions
Illusions5.51982HD
A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.
- 1999
Incognito
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A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her when an ex-convict begins stalking her.
- 1991
Praise House
Praise House3.21991HD
“Draw or Die” is the divine imperative received by the painter, Hannah, who is being nurtured by her Grandmother, but controlled by her...
- 2016
Standing at the Scratch Line
Standing at the Scratch Line02016HD
Recounts the impact of migrants on the African Methodist Episcopal church. Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel AME, the nation’s oldest...
- 1992
The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash
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An interview with the filmmaker Julie Dash about her film training, vision and struggle to bring Daughters of the Dust to the American movie screen....
- 1989
Relatives
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Ishmael Huston-Jones physically carries his mother, Pauline Jones, into the improvisational dance space. While she dyes eggs and speaks about family...
- 2017
Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl
Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl02017HD
A feature length documentary about Vertamae Smart Grosvenor, a world-renowned author, performer, and chef from rural South Carolina who has led a...