Julie Dash
Julie Dash is a Black woman and was born and raised in New York. Her first film, "Daughters of the Dust" was placed in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. "Daughters of the Dust" was a film depicting the making of an African American Women's film and was released in 1992. Julie Dash was the first African American woman to have a full-length general audience film in the United States. Her second work is the short film called "Brothers of the Borderland" which plays at Ohio's National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum. She recently directed the TV movie, "The Rosa Parks Story" and won many awards for it. She has also created many short videos and music videos.
1975 - Four Women
1977 - Diary of an African Nun
1983 - Illusions
1992 - Daughters of the Dust
1996 - Give Me One Reason
1997 - Thinking of You
1998 - Funny Valentines
2002 - Rosa Parks
You can get more information on her fims and videos at:
here
I found Julie Dash in a review of Gwendolyn Audrey Foster's "Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora". You can read it at:
http://eng-wdixon.unl.edu/diaspora.html
I thought it was very difficult to find women of color filmmakers. I found a few women, but it was harder to find information about their films and their lives. Even with Julie, it was hard to find a decent biography.