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Still from Daughters of the Dust

Still from Daughters of the Dust (2011). Photo courtesy of Julie Dash

Julie Dash Film Marathon

Saturday, April 22, 2017

1–5 pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Join us for a weekend celebration of We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85. On Saturday we present a special screening of artist Julie Dash’s acclaimed 1991 feature, Daughters of the Dust, and her early short films, followed by a panel discussion. 

Schedule:

  • 1 pm Four Women (1975, 7 min.), Diary of an African Nun, (1977, 13 min.), and Illusions (1982, 34 min.)
  • 2 pm Daughters of the Dust (1991, 112 min.)
  • 4 pm Panel discussion with director Julie Dash, cinematographer Arthur Jafa, and actress and We Wanted a Revolution artist Alva Rogers

Tickets are $16 ($14 for Members) and include Museum admission. To receive the Member discount code, email us at membership@brooklynmuseum.org with your full name and Membership ID.