Born in 1942, raised in Jersey City, and educated at Skidmore and the Sorbonne, Kathy Collins was an activist with SNCC during the Civil Rights Movement who went on to carve out a career for herself as a playwright and filmmaker during a time when black women were rarely seen in those roles. She was married twice, and had two children who she raised in Piermont, New York. She died young, at age 46, from breast cancer. Her most known work is the film Losing Ground, followed perhaps by two plays, In the Midnight Hour, and The Brothers. A never-before released collection of short fiction, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?, will be published by Ecco Press in Fall, 2016. ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Personal Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Tumblr for my work: https://sssseren.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: LOSING GROUND, Kathleen Collins, 1982 (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUgM1XyiK3I Kathleen Collins Master Class, 1984: https://vimeo.com/203379245 http://kathleencollins.org/films/ http://kathleencollins.org/about/ 'Making ground: remembering Kathleen Collins:' https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/making-ground-remembering-kathleen-collins KATHLEEN COLLINS: https://www.compasstalent.com/kathleen-collins/ Kathleen Collins (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Collins