Losing Ground (1982)

Directed by

Kathleen Collins

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A philosophy professor questions her marriage and identity while on a research trip. She begins to explore new freedoms while her husband pursues an affair.

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What happens

Losing Ground is a semiautobiographical 1982 American drama film written and directed by Kathleen Collins, and starring Seret Scott, Bill Gunn and Duane Jones. It is the first feature-length drama directed by an African-American woman since the 1920s and won First Prize at the Figueira da Foz International Film Festival in Portugal. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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