1942 - 1988
Kathleen Collins American Author
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Kathleen Collins was previously married to Alfred Prettyman and Douglas Collins.
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Relationship Statistics
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| Married | 2 |
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Details
| First Name |
Kathleen
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| Last Name |
Collins
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| Maiden Name |
Conwell
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| Full Name at Birth |
Kathleen Conwell
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| Alternative Name |
Kathleen Conwell Collins, Kathleen Collins, Kathleen Conwell Collins Prettyman, Kathleen Conwell, Kathleen Collins Prettyman
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| Birthday |
18th March, 1942
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| Birthplace |
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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| Died |
18th September, 1988
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| Place of Death |
New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Build |
Slim
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Distinctive Feature |
She was the first Black American woman to make and release a feature film.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Writer | Director | Editor
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| Occupation |
Author
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Fiction
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Kathleen Collins (March 18, 1942 – September 18, 1988) (also known as Kathleen Conwell, Kathleen Conwell Collins or Kathleen Collins Prettyman) was an African-American poet, playwright, writer, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator from Jersey City, New Jersey. Her two feature narratives—The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980) and Losing Ground (1982)—furthered the range of Black women's films. Although Losing Ground was denied large-scale exhibition, it was among the first films created by a Black woman deliberately designed to tell a story intended for popular consumption, with a feature-length narrative structure. Collins thus paved the way for Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust (1991) to become the first feature-length narrative film created by a Black woman to be placed in commercial distribution. Influenced by Lorraine Hansberry, she wrote about "African Americans as human subjects and not as mere race subjects" [emphasis in the original].
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