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Losing Ground is a semiautobiographical [1] 1982 American drama film written and directed by Kathleen Collins, and starring Seret Scott, Bill Gunn and Duane Jones. [2] It is the first feature-length drama directed by an African-American woman [3] since the 1920s and won First Prize at the Figueira da Foz International Film Festival in Portugal.
The film features the same cast as the stage performance and was filmed using high-definition video at The Gate, a bar in Park Slope. [1] Losing Ground premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival [2] on March 11, 2005, to generally favorable reviews. [3] The film was distributed to a small number of theaters in New York City. [4]
Collins's 1982 Losing Ground was restored and reissued in 2015. [13] The film, which had only been seen at film festivals in 1982/83, had its first theatrical release in 2015 at Film Society of Lincoln Center, [14] opening the series "Tell it like it is: Black Independents in New York, 1968–1986". [13]
One of the first films directed by a Black woman, Kathleen Collins' 'Losing Ground' was an obscurity for almost 40 years. That's finally changing.
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Damon did not name the movie in which he fell into a depression, but he has openly spoken out in the past about acting in films he knew were heading for disaster.
Losing Ground may refer to: Losing Ground, a critique of welfare programs by Charles Murray published in 1984; Losing Ground, an American film by Kathleen Collins; Losing Ground, an American film by Bryan Wizemann; Losing Ground, a Burmese short documentary film "Losing Ground" (song), a 1997 song by Groove Terminator
By forging a broad and nonpartisan agreement on the facts, figures and trends related to mobility, the Economic Mobility Project seeks to focus public attention on this critically important issue and generate an active policy debate about how best to ensure that the