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Julie Ethel Dash (born October 22, 1952) is an American filmmaker, music video and commercial director, author, and website producer. Dash received her MFA in 1985 at the UCLA Film School and is one of the graduates and filmmakers known as the L.A. Rebellion.
Julie Dash. Thirty-one years ago, filmmaker Julie Dash broke racial and gender boundaries with her Sundance award-winning film (Best Cinematography) Daughters of the Dust. She became the first African American woman to have a wide theatrical release of her feature film.
Dash was a Filmmaker’s Lab Governor at the Toronto International Film Festival; and screened at the Smithsonian’s First African American Film Festival. She has written and directed for CBS, BET, ENCORE STARZ, SHOWTIME, MTV Movies, HBO, and OWN Television.
Apr 13, 2020 · With her lyrical work, made in 1991, Julie Dash and her collaborators recentered the black female gaze.
Mar 1, 2024 · Discovery why 'Daughters of the Dust,' directed by Julie Dash, is the first theatrically distributed movie helmed by a black woman.
Nov 18, 2016 · Julie Dash’s 1991 film, “Daughters of the Dust,” was the first feature by an African-American woman to have a wide release. Yet many doors remained closed to her.
Mar 27, 2017 · We spoke with Julie Dash about the how “Daughters of the Dust” shows a remarkably different perspective on black history, its great costuming and what she wants to see in black film going forward.
