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Julie Dash
Writer 73 years old

Julie Dash

Long Island City, New York, USA

Julie Ethel Dash (born October 22, 1952) is an American film director, writer and producer. Dash received her MFA in 1985 at the UCLA Film School and is one of the graduates and filmmakers known as the L.A. Rebellion. The L.A. Rebellion refers to the first African and... Read full bio →

Filmography

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3 titles
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground

SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground

Bob Balaban, Jonathan Demme 1997 1h 21m

An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

Daughters of the Dust

Daughters of the Dust

Julie Dash 1991 1h 52m

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America.

Illusions

Illusions

Julie Dash 1982 34m

A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions. The short film depicts the life of an African American woman passing as a white woman working in the film industry during the 1940s. It calls attention to the lack of African Americans in the film industry during that era.

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