LOSING GROUND (1982) - Blu-ray Release Of Playwright, Author And Filmmaker Kathleen Collins' Semi-Autobiographical Drama

Product Description: Written and directed by renowned playwright, author, and filmmaker Kathleen Collins, Losing Ground is a brilliant portrait of a marriage at a crossroads. Just as philosophy professor Sara Rogers (Seret Scott, Pretty Baby) embarks on an intellectual quest for "ecstasy," her artist husband Victor (Bill Gunn, Ganja & Hess) sets off on more earthly explorations of joy. When the couple rents a country house upstate, their summer idyll becomes complicated by Victor's involvement with a young model. One of the first feature films by an African-American woman, Losing Ground was undistributed for decades before it premiered theatrically in 2015. Added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2020, it is now heralded as a canonical work of American independent cinema. The new 4K restoration of reveals the beauty and saturated colors of Ronald K. Gray’s lush cinematography.

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Director: Kathleen Collins

Starring: Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 86 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Milestone

Home Video Release Date: March 18, 2025

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: LPCM 2.0

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Blu-ray: English SDH

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Losing Ground Audio Commentary by Professors LaMonda Horton-Stallings and Terri Francis
The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980, 50 minutes), a 2K restoration of Kathleen Collins’ first film
In Search of Marcus Garvey (1981, 29 minutes, written by Kathleen Collins)
Archival Audio Commentary for The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy by Kathleen Collins
Theatrical Trailer
Transmagnifican Dambamuality (1976, 7 minutes), Ronald Gray’s student film
Interviews with producer/cinematographer Ronald K. Gray (46 minutes), star Seret Scott (40 minutes) and Kathleen Collin’s daughter Nina Lorez Collins (26 minutes)
Interview with Kathleen Collins by Phyllis R. Klotman (22 minutes)
Masterclass with Kathleen Collins at Howard University (1984, 119 minutes)