Jessie Maple | |
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Born | Jessie Maple 14 February 1937 |
Died | 30 May 2023 | (aged 86)
Occupation(s) | Film director, Cinematographer |
Years active | 1971–1992 |
Jessie Maple (February 14, 1937 – May 30, 2023)[a] was an American cinematographer and film director most noted as a pioneer for the civil rights of African Americans and women in the film industry.[3] Her 1981 film Will was among the first feature-length dramatic films created by an African American woman.[4]
Jessie Maple and Kathleen Collins ... were among the first black women to create long-form narrative dramatic feature films: Maple directed Will (1981) and Collins directed Losing Ground (1982).
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