Julie Dash made a film, <italic>Illusions</italic>, which is a fictitious
piece on a black woman filmmaker
(Story takes place in 1942 and is about Mignon Dupree, a black woman
studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, a black woman
who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the
struggles of the women as well as the use of motion picture films in
Hollywood during wartime)
At 10:14 AM 10/29/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Although, Calling the Shots (1989 Direct Cinema) deals primarily with
white
>women fimmakers, there are interviews with at least one woman filmmaker
of
>color. Also, Women Make Movies distributes The Cinematic Jazz of Julie
Dash
>(1992)
>I'm afraid that's all I can think of in a rush.
>
>Oksana
>
>At 09:28 AM 10/29/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>For a professor here I'm trying to locate *documentaries* about black
>>women in film -- working in any capacity, but most likely as actresses
or
>>directors. I don't need the titles of films with black women. I'm
>>specifically looking for documentaries about these women. Thanks...
-->>Kris
>>
>>Kristine R. Brancolini, Media and Film Studies
>>Main Library E050, 1320 E. Tenth Street
>>Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
>>Phone: 812.855.6281 | Fax: 812.855.1649 | Email: brancoli@indiana.edu
>>
>>
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