Four Women
Four Women (1975)
Director:
Year: 1975
Format: 16mm, color, 7 min.
Set to Nina Simone’s stirring ballad of the same name, Julie Dash’s dance film features Linda Martina Young as strong “Aunt Sarah,” tragic mulatto “Saffronia,” sensuous “Sweet Thing” and militant “Peaches.” Kinetic camerawork and editing, richly colored lighting, and meticulous costume, makeup and hair design work together with Young’s sensitive performance to turn longstanding Black female stereotypes to oblique, critical angles.
—Jacqueline Stewart
Available for research at UCLA
New print struck from the original 16mm color negative A/B rolls and the original 16mm track negative.
Film Credits
| Individual | Role(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Dash |
Director Writer Editor |
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| Winfred Tennison | Producer | |
| Robert Maxwell | Cinematographer | |
| Linda Martina Young | Cast |
