Suzanne, Suzanne

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Suzanne, Suzanne
Directed byCamille Billops
James Hatch
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Suzanne, Suzanne is a 1982 short documentary film about a young African-American woman coming to terms with personal and family struggles.[1] The film was directed by Camille Billops and James Hatch[2] and is semi-autobiographical, based on Billops' niece, Suzanne.[3][4]

Accolades

In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Criterion Channel
  2. ^ Tell Me: Women Filmmakers, Women's Stories - The Criterion Channel
  3. ^ Klotman, Phyllis R.; Cutler, Janet K. (1999). Struggles for representation : African American documentary film and video. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253335957.
  4. ^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1997). Women filmmakers of the African and Asian diaspora decolonizing the gaze, locating subjectivity. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 9781441619358.
  5. ^ "With "20,000 Leagues," the National Film Registry Reaches 700". Library of Congress. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

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