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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.
Publication
  • [Harrington Park, New Jersey] : Milestone Film & Video, [2016]
  • [United States] : Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, [2016]
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Additional Authors
  • Collins, Kathleen, 1942-1988
  • Gray, Ronald K.
  • Charles, Eleanor
  • Scott, Seret
  • Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989
  • Jones, Duane
  • Allen, Billie
  • Bolling, Gary
  • Kerner, Norberto, 1929-1999
  • Rivera, Maritza
  • Minard, Michael D.
  • Losing Ground Productions, production company.
  • Milestone Film & Video, publisher, conservationist.
  • Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm), film distributor.
Found In
LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
Description
2 videodiscs (86 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series Statement
The Milestone cinematheque
Uniform Title
Milestone cinematheque.
Alternative Title
  • Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy (Motion picture)
  • Transmagnifican dambamuality (Motion picture)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Melodramas (Motion pictures)
  • Feature films.
  • Fiction films.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  • Drama.
Note
  • 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.
Access (note)
  • Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Credits (note)
  • Cinematographic direction, Ronald K. Gray ; editors, Ronald K. Gray, Kathleen Collins ; music, Michael D. Minard.
Performer (note)
  • Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen, Gary Bolling, Norberto Kerner, Maritza Rivera.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, NTSC.
Language (note)
  • English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Contents
disc 1. Losing ground -- disc 2. The Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy.
Call Number
DVDR 2171 L
ISBN
9781933920740
LCCN
  • 2022600720
  • 784148014746
OCLC
944902173
Title
Losing ground / executive producers, Kathleen Collins, Ronald K. Gray ; producer, Eleanor Charles ; written by Kathleen Collins ; direction, Kathleen Collins ; Losing Ground Productions.
Publisher
[Harrington Park, New Jersey] : Milestone Film & Video, [2016]
Distributor
[United States] : Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, [2016]
Edition
2-disc deluxe edition.
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videocassette
Physical Medium
plastic rdamat http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAMaterial/1029
4 3/4 in. stamping
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video region 1
Series
The Milestone cinematheque
Milestone cinematheque.
System Details
DVD, NTSC.
Cast
Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen, Gary Bolling, Norberto Kerner, Maritza Rivera.
Credits
Cinematographic direction, Ronald K. Gray ; editors, Ronald K. Gray, Kathleen Collins ; music, Michael D. Minard.
Access
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Language
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
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Added Author
Collins, Kathleen, 1942-1988, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work, film producer.
Gray, Ronald K., director of photography, editor of moving image work, film producer.
Charles, Eleanor, film producer.
Scott, Seret, actor.
Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989, actor.
Jones, Duane, actor.
Allen, Billie, actor.
Bolling, Gary, actor.
Kerner, Norberto, 1929-1999, actor.
Rivera, Maritza, actor.
Minard, Michael D., composer (expression)
Losing Ground Productions, production company.
Milestone Film & Video, publisher, conservationist.
Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm), film distributor.
Added Title
Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy (Motion picture)
Transmagnifican dambamuality (Motion picture)
Found In:
LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Standard Identifier
784148014746
Publisher No.
Mile00147 Milestone Film & Video
Research Call Number
DVDR 2171 L
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