Julie Dash

Biography

Julie Ethel Dash is an American filmmaker, writer, and producer born on October 22, 1952. She is a graduate of the UCLA Film School's MFA program and part of the L.A. Rebellion, a collective of African-American filmmakers who sought to create original Black stories for mainstream audiences. Her 1991 feature Daughters of the Dust became the first full-length film directed by an African-American woman to receive general theatrical release in the US.