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The Vision of Julie Dash: Programs 1 & 2

Presented by Scribe Video Center at The Ibrahim Theater at International House

January 12, 2010

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Perhaps more than any other contemporary filmmaker, Julie Dash and her movies have inspired a generation of women to become filmmakers and also made clear to audiences the possibility of a cinema outside the classic Hollywood paradigm. Her impact on the independent film community here in Philadelphia, particularly on mediamakers of color, has been enormous. It is an honor to have Ms. Dash at Scribe as they present a 3-part, 2-day retrospective of her work and also a chance to see some of her current projects.

 

Program One starts at 5:30 PM and features "Funny Valentines," starring Loretta Devine and CCH Pounder, about a woman who 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.

 

Program Two starts at 8:00 PM and features:

 

"Daughters of the Dust," which tells the story of three generations of Gullah women at the turn of the 20th century and focuses on the family's migration from the Sea Islands to the American mainland. Against the wishes of the family matriarch, Nana, the younger Peazants are planning to leave the island. Viola Peazant, who has turned her back completely on the African folk-ways still practiced by Nana, is elated at the family's decision to "cross over" and has brought a photographer to capture the event for posterity. Starring Cora Lee Davis, Alva Rogers and BarbaraO. (1992, 112 minutes)

 

"Illusions" It is one year after Pearl Harbor and Mignon Duprée, a Black woman studio executive who appears to be white and Ester Jeeter, an African American woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star are forced to come to grips with a society that perpetuates false images as status quo.(USA, 1983 34 minutes)

 

Program Three takes place on Wednesday, January 13 7PM at Scribe Video Center, and features "Diary of an African Nun," "Praise House," and "Love Song".