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born 1952
Julie Ethel Dash (born on October 22, 1952) in Queens, New York is an American filmmaker, music video and commercial director, author, and website producer. Dash received her B.A. in film production from City College of New York in 1974.
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“That was not on my immediate agenda, but I’m so glad that it happened. It saves the film.”
Western drama is based on Greek tragedy, but I didn’t think it really applied to this material.
I wanted to tell my story in a way that people would never be able to forget it.
It will take a look at a woman who has choices to make, and I like that.
I may actually first do a ‘New York Stories’ kind of trilogy with Neema. We haven’t decided who would direct the third episode.
“I don’t think it’s personal. I think it just had to do with general systemic racism and gender issues.”
I grew up on TV, watching things like ‘Roots’--well, I was hardly a baby when I saw that. You can take only so much input, even about slavery and afterward, and you become callous.
I could have given my grandmother a cassette, and she’d say, ‘Oh, baby, I’m so proud of you,’ but I want her to see the film with an audience and feel its impact.
“I never expected [the] Cohen [Film Collection] to come in and be eager to do a restoration of the film and place it in the digital space,”
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