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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.
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. 'Losing Ground' made film history.
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 ]
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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