Kathleen Collins

(1942-1988)

African-American writer

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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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Born	Kathleen Conwell 18 March 1942 Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Died	18 September 1988 (aged 46) New York City, New York, U.S.
Zodiac	Pisces
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Douglas Collins - · · m. ????; div. 1975 info edit

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Alfred Prettyman 1935- · American publisher · m. ???? info edit

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Emilio info 1st child with Douglas Collins Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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Nina Lorez Collins info 2nd child with Douglas Collins Female b. 1969 · Age: 56 · 1969- · American author

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