Writing, Producing and Keeping the Faith with Julie Dash
DATE: Wednesday, January 13, 2010; TIME: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Writer/director Julie Dash talks about her work and the strategies for staying true to an independent vision while working in the world of commercial cinema. She will screen excerpts from current projects, as well as her earlier works.
Julie Dash is a legend in the independent film world and an inspiration to a generation of filmmakers, in particular to women and people of color. Her groundbreaking film Daughters of the Dust (1992), was the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to receive a broad theatrical release. Her other works including Illusions, Four Women and Praise House are considered classics of independent and feminist cinema. She has received multiple Emmy nominations for her work, an NAACP Image Award, honorary degrees and retrospectives from cinema techs and festival internationally. She currently has a gallery show, Smuggling Daydreams into Reality, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.