A Rivertown Film 25th Year Special Event
Losing Ground
Directed by Kathleen Collins
With Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones
USA, 1982, 84 minutes
When the artist husband of a philosophy professor (based on the Rockland County filmmaker) sells a painting to a major museum he decides the couple should head off to the country for the summer, and picks Haverstraw because he feels drawn to the landscape, the light, and “those Puerto Rican ladies.”
Losing Ground is one of the first feature films directed by a Black woman. Lost for decades, it was the opening night film of the seminal Film Society of Lincoln Center series, “Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986,” presented in 2015. It’s rave reviews quickly led its first ever theatrical run, and had it received more than just a few screenings when it was made it would have been recognized as one of the most important and original films of its time (“A cinematic masterwork” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker).
This will be only the 3rd public screening of Losing Ground in Rockland County (home of Kathleen Collings). Rivertown Film presented the first screening, via virtual theater, during Covid.
This screening of Losing Ground will include a discussion with Nina and Emilio Collins, the daughter and son of Kathleen Collins, who were both raised in Nyack and attended local schools. Cast and crew members will also be present.
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