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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.

Table of Contents:

• disc 1. Losing ground
• disc 2. The Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy.

Contributors:

Collins, Kathleen, 1942-1988 , film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work

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

Gray, Ronald K. , director of photography, editor of moving image work

Minard, Michael D. , composer

Losing Ground Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Milestone Film & Video , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).

Included Works:

Losing ground (Motion picture : 1982)

Cruz brothers and Miss Malloy

Transmagnifican dambamuality

Related Series:

Milestone cinematheque

Subjects:

Spouses — Drama

Marital conflict — Drama

Self-realization — Drama

College teachers — Drama

Painters — Drama

Spouses

Marital conflict

Self-realization

College teachers

Painters

Genres:

Motion pictures

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; mono.

Performers:

Cast: Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen, Gary Bolling, Norberto Kerner, Maritza Rivera.

Production Credits:

Cinematographic direction, Ronald K. Gray; editors, Ronald K. Gray, Kathleen Collins; music, Michael D. Minard.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982; never theatrically released.
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.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

LOS 1982 DVD

ISBNs:

9781933920740
1933920742

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 784148014746
Publisher Number, Milestone Film & Video: Mile00147

OCLC Numbers:

944902173