The Afterlives of Kathleen Collins A Black Woman Filmmaker's Search for New Life

<p><b>An absorbing portrait of a groundbreaking Black woman filmmaker.</p><p></b>Kathleen Collins (1942-88) was a visionary and influential Black filmmaker. Beginning with her short film <i>The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy </i>and her feature film <i>Losing Ground</i>, Collins explored new dimensions of what narrative film could and should do. However, her achievements in filmmaking were part of a greater life project. In this critically imaginative study of Collins, L.H. Stallings narrates how Collins, as a Black woman writer and filmmaker, sought to change the definition of life and living. </p><p><i>The Afterlives of Kathleen Collins: A Black Woman Filmmaker''s Search for New Life </i>explores the global significance and futurist implications of filmmaker and writer Kathleen Collins. In addition to her two films, Stallings examines the broad and expansive and varying forms of writing produced by Collins during her short life time. <i>The Afterlives of Kathleen Collins </i>showcases