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Losing Ground is a semiautobiographical 1982 American drama film written and directed by Kathleen Collins, and starring Seret Scott, Bill Gunn and Duane Jones. It is the first feature-length drama directed by an African-American woman since the 1920s and won First Prize at the Figueira da Foz International Film Festival in Portugal.
Losing Ground: Directed by Kathleen Collins. With Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen. Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.
- (899)
- Comedy, Drama
- Kathleen Collins
- 1982-06
A philosophy professor (Seret Scott) prides herself on being liberal but is jealous of her artist husband's (Bill Gunn) gorgeous model (Maritza Rivera).
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- William Gunn
- Kathleen Collins
- Comedy, Drama
Directed by Kathleen Collins. Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases. Seret Scott Bill Gunn Duane Jones Maritza Rivera Billie Allen Gary Bolling Maureen Grady Clarence Branch Jr. Joe Garcia.
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- Milestone Film & Video
- Kathleen Collins
Directed by Kathleen Collins • 1982 • United States. Starring Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones. One of the first feature films directed by an African American woman, Kathleen Collins’s LOSING GROUND tells the story of a marriage between two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives.
With shades of Eric Rohmer’s Moral Tales, Losing Ground tells of a middle-class woman’s quest for self-discovery. The equilibrium between sedate professor Sara and her impulsive husband Victor hangs in the balance when Sara embarks on quest of self-discovery.
A comedy-drama about a Black American female philosophy professor and her insensitive, philandering, flamboyant artist husband, who are having a marital crisis. When the wife goes off on an almost unbelievable journey to find "ecstasy", her husband is forced to see her in a different light. — Leslye Allen (L. J. Allen-2)
