Watch Anytime • Virtual Screening Room: LOSING GROUND (1982)

LOSING GROUND (1982)
Available to your home theater through the Olympia Film Society
Streaming tickets now available
The inimitable Kathleen Collins’ second film tells the story of two remarkable people, married and hurtling toward a crossroads in their lives: Sara Rogers, a Black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest just as her painter husband, Victor, sets off on an exploration of joy. Victor decides to rent a country house away from the city, but the couple’s summer idyll becomes complicated by his involvement with a younger model. One of the very first fictional features by an African-American woman, LOSING GROUND remains a stunning and powerful work of art for being a funny, brilliant, and personal member of indie cinema canon.
Dir: Kathleen Collins / 1982 / US / 86 min

“Losing Ground stands as a bold testament to black, womanist filmmaking, and to American filmmaking, as a platform that we all stand upon.” —Nijla Mu’min, Bitch Media

“The camerawork is as dynamic as the characters.” — Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, Vice

“There are moments in Losing Ground that are so rich in mood, texture, and longing I can’t catch my breath.” —Angelica Jade Bastién, New York Magazine/Vulture