Martin’s interview with Julie Dash featured in collection
Herman B Wells Endowed Professor Michael Martin’s extended interview with Black filmmaker Julie Dash was featured in a collection titled “Julie Dash Interviews” that will be released in October.
Martin’s interview with Dash, “’I Do Exist’: From ‘Black Insurgent’ to Negotiating the Hollywood Divide — A Conversation with Julie Dash,” was originally included in the Cinema Journal in 2010. Their conversation examined Dash’s film practice, her ambivalent relationship with Hollywood, and her take on Black independent filmmaking from the 1960s to the present.
Dash was among the first Black students to study film at the University of California, Los Angeles, a group known as the L.A. Rebellion. Her 1991 feature “Daughters of the Dust” became the first full-length film directed by a Black woman to obtain general theatrical release in the U.S. It was named to the National Film Registry and was an inspiration for Beyoncé’s 2016 album “Lemonade.”
“Julie Dash Interviews,” edited by Kameelah Martin, collects interviews with Dash that offer an in-depth exploration of her life, career, and creative processes. The book is available to pre-order now.