Julie Dash Movies

  • 1977
    The Diary of an African Nun

    The Diary of an African Nun

    The Diary of an African Nun

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    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...

    The Diary of an African Nun
  • 2002
    The Rosa Parks Story

    The Rosa Parks Story

    The Rosa Parks Story

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    A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

    The Rosa Parks Story
  • 2011
    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

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    Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...

    These Amazing Shadows
  • 2022
    Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

    Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

    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...

    Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
  • 2019
    This Changes Everything

    This Changes Everything

    This Changes Everything

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    An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the...

    This Changes Everything
  • 1991
    Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

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    In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.

    Daughters of the Dust
  • 2000
    Love Song

    Love Song

    Love Song

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    A privileged, black college student with a fiance falls in love with a white musician she meets on her 21st birthday.

    Love Song
  • 1983
    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

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    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...

    My Brother's Wedding
  • 1997
    Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

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    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.

    Subway Stories
  • 2023
    Seeking: Mapping Our Gullah Geechee Story

    Seeking: Mapping Our Gullah Geechee Story

    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...

    Seeking: Mapping Our Gullah Geechee Story
  • 1999
    Funny Valentines

    Funny Valentines

    Funny Valentines

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    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.

    Funny Valentines
  • 2003
    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

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    Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.

    Sisters in Cinema
  • 1975
    Four Women

    Four Women

    Four Women

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    An imaginatively choreographed dance interpretation of the ballad by Nina Simone explores four common stereotypes of Black women.

    Four Women
  • 1982
    Illusions

    Illusions

    Illusions

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    A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.

    Illusions
  • 1999
    Incognito

    Incognito

    Incognito

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    A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her when an ex-convict begins stalking her.

    Incognito
  • 1991
    Praise House

    Praise House

    Praise House

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    “Draw or Die” is the divine imperative received by the painter, Hannah, who is being nurtured by her Grandmother, but controlled by her...

    Praise House
  • 2016
    Standing at the Scratch Line

    Standing at the Scratch Line

    Standing at the Scratch Line

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    Recounts the impact of migrants on the African Methodist Episcopal church. Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel AME, the nation’s oldest...

    Standing at the Scratch Line
  • 1992
    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash

    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....

    The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash
  • 1989
    Relatives

    Relatives

    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...

    Relatives
  • 2017
    Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl

    Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl

    Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl

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    A feature length documentary about Vertamae Smart Grosvenor, a world-renowned author, performer, and chef from rural South Carolina who has led a...

    Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl