Milestones: Losing Ground | Introduction by Stoffel Debuysere

Tonight, Sabzian and Courtisane are hosting the nineth Milestones screening online, presenting Kathleen Collins’ Losing Ground (1982). Characterized by Collins (1942-1988) as a comic drama about a young woman who takes herself too seriously, Losing Ground was one of the first feature films by an independent African-American woman filmmaker. Her protagonist - played by longtime collaborator Seret Scott in a role based on Collins’s own experiences - is a professor of philosophy who tries to examine “ecstasy” from a purely rational perspective, while her artist-husband (Bill Gunn) finds it more interesting to pursue ecstasy.
The presentation of Losing Ground is part of a series of five Milestones screenings hosted online by Sabzian, of which four in collaboration with Courtisane.
You can find more info on Sabzian: www.sabzian.be/event/milestones-losing-ground
On the occasion of the online screening of Losing Grounds, several texts have been published on Sabzian: sabzian.be/tag...