The Diary of an African Nun
The Diary of an African Nun (1977)
Director:
Year: 1977
Format: 16mm, b/w, 15 min.
A nun in Uganda weighs the emptiness she finds in her supposed union with Christ. Adapted from a short story by Alice Walker, the film was a deliberate first move by its director toward narrative filmmaking, though its graphic simplicity and pantomimed performance by Barbara O. Jones give it an intensity that anticipates Julie Dash’s work on Daughters of the Dust.
—Shannon Kelley
Available for research at UCLA
Restored from the original 16mm b/w negative A/B rolls (blown up from Super 8 reversal camera original) and the original 16mm optical soundtrack by UCLA Film & Television Archive. Laboratory services by Fotokem, Audio Mechanics and NT Picture and Sound.
Funded in part with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation
Film Credits
| Individual | Role(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Dash |
Director Producer Editor |
|
| Alice Walker - credited as based on her short story | Writer | |
| Orin Mitchell | Cinematographer | |
| Renee Carraway | Cast | |
| Ron Flagge | Cast | |
| Barbara O. Jones | Cast | |
| Makimi Price | Cast | |
| Barbara Young | Cast |
