Julie Dash

Julie Dash (born October 22, 1952 in Long Island City, Queens, New York) is a United States filmmaker. Her "Daughters of the Dust" in 1991 was the first full-length film with general theatrical release in the United States by an African American woman. "Daughters of the Dust" was included in the National Film Registry in 2004. She is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Julie Dash was named a 2007 USA Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and awarded a $50,000 grant by United States Artists, a public charity that supports and promotes the work of American artists.

Filmography

Director

*Making Angels (2008)
*The Scarapist (2008)
*Brothers of the Borderland (2004)
*The Rosa Parks Story (2002) (TV)
*Love Song (2000) (TV)
*Incognito (1999) (TV)
*Funny Valentines (1999) (TV)
*SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997) (TV) (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")... aka Subway (UK: DVD box title)
*"Women: Stories of Passion" (1 episode, 1997); Grip Till It Hurts (1997) TV Episode
*Praise House (1991)
*Daughters of the Dust (1991)
*Illusions (1982)
*Diary of an African Nun (1977)
*Four Women (1975)
*Working Models of Success (1973)

Writer

*SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997) (TV) (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")... aka Subway (UK: DVD box title)
*"Women: Stories of Passion" (1 episode, 1997); Grip Till It Hurts (1997) TV Episode (teleplay)
*Daughters of the Dust (1991)
*Illusions (1982)

Literature

Julie Dash, Bell Hooks, Toni Cade Bambara, "Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film", New Press 1992

ee also

*Women's Cinema

External links

* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/africanambib2.html#dash Bibliography of books and articles about Julie Dash] via UC Berkeley Media Resources Center
* [http://www.sistersincinema.com/real/index.html Sisters in Cinema]
* [http://geechee.tv/julieinfo/bio2.html Geechee Girls Multimedia]
* [http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public/USADonors/USANationalLeadershipCommittee/RockefellerFoundation/index.cfm Rockefeller Foundation Fellows 2007]
* [http://www.unitedstatesartists.org United States Artists arts advocacy organization.]