Kathleen Collins
American writer and filmmaker (1942–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kathleen Collins (March 18, 1942 – September 18, 1988) (also known as Kathleen Conwell, Kathleen Conwell Collins or Kathleen Collins Prettyman) was an American poet, playwright, writer, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator from Jersey City, New Jersey. Her two feature narratives – The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980) and Losing Ground (1982) – furthered the range of Black women's films. Although Losing Ground was denied large-scale exhibition, it was among the first films created by a Black woman deliberately designed to tell a story intended for popular consumption, with a feature-length narrative structure.[1] Collins thus paved the way for Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust (1991) to become the first feature-length narrative film created by a Black woman to be placed in commercial distribution. Influenced by Lorraine Hansberry, she wrote about "African Americans as human subjects and not as mere race subjects" [emphasis in the original].[2]
Kathleen Collins | |
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Born | Kathleen Conwell (1942-03-18)March 18, 1942 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | September 18, 1988(1988-09-18) (aged 46) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Kathleen Conwell Collins; Kathleen Collins Prettyman |
Alma mater | Skidmore College; Harvard University; Paris-Sorbonne University |
Occupation(s) | Writer, playwright, author, filmmaker, educator |
Spouse | Alfred Prettyman |
Children | 2 |