Julie Dash by Kameelah L. Martin - 9781496859310

University Press of Mississippi

Julie DashInterviews\nAuthor(s): Kameelah L. Martin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496859310, 978-1496859310\nSynopsis\nThis collection of interviews with Julie Dash (b. 1952) offers an in-depth exploration of the life, career, and creative processes of one of the most groundbreaking filmmakers in American cinema. Dash, whose landmark film Daughters of the Dust [tel] became the first feature by an African American woman to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States, has continuously pushed the boundaries of cinematic representation, exploring African American history, culture, and identity through a distinctly poetic and visionary lens.\n\nDashs use of Black feminist narrative and her ability to supplant the status quo of Black womens representation in cinema aligned with the evolution of Black womens writing and visual arts that exploded in the eighties and early nineti.