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Losing ground
Title
Losing ground / executive producers, Kathleen Collins, Ronald K. Gray ; producer, Eleanor Charles ; written by Kathleen Collins ; direction, Kathleen Collins ; Losing Ground Productions.
ISBN
9781933920740
1933920742
Edition
2-disc deluxe edition.
Publication
[Harrington Park, New Jersey] : Milestone Film & Video, [2016]
Distribution
[United States] : Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, [2016]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in. stamping
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982; never theatrically released.
Produced with grants from the American Film Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Special features on disc 1: commentary track by professors LaMonda Horton-Stallings and Terri Francis; 2015 theatrical trailer. Special features on disc 2: The Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy (1980, 50 min.), Kathleen Collins and Ronald K. Gray's first film; video interviews with Ronald K. Gray (46:30), Seret Scott (40:17), Nina Lorez Collins (26:24); an interview with Kathleen Collins by Phyllis R. Klotman (1982, 22 min.); Transmagnifican dambamuality (1976, 7 min., black and white), Ronald K. Gray's celebrated "lost" student film.
Cinematographic direction, Ronald K. Gray; editors, Ronald K. Gray, Kathleen Collins; music, Michael D. Minard.
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Access and use
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Summary
"Losing Ground tells the story of a marriage of two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives. Sara Rogers, a black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest to understand 'ecstasy' just as her painter husband Victor sets off on a more earthly exploration of joy"--Container.
Variant and related titles
Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy (Motion picture)
Transmagnifican dambamuality (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 30, 2019
Series
The Milestone cinematheque
Credits
Cinematographic direction, Ronald K. Gray; editors, Ronald K. Gray, Kathleen Collins; music, Michael D. Minard.
Cast
Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Maritza Rivera, Billie Allen, Gary Bolling, Norberto Kerner, Maritza Rivera.
System details note
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full frame (16:9 presentation); monaural.
Contents
disc 1. Losing ground
disc 2. The Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy.
Videorecording number
Mile00147 Milestone Film & Video
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Losing Ground Productions, production company.
Milestone Film & Video, publisher, conservationist.
Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm), film distributor.
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