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    Funny Valentines

    Julie DASH 1999 USA Fiction color 108min English Digi Beta
    Joyce MAY is a well-to-do middle aged African American woman living in New York City, a wife and mother of two daughters who returns to her southern roots when she discovers her husband has been cheating on her. She runs away from one source of pain only to find herself on a road trip dealing with her rude and selfish teenage daughter. Joyce May is forced to come to grips with her mentality slow cousin, “Dearie B.”, and the sacrifices made by her mother when she and “Dearie B.” were children.

    Director

    Julie DASH

    Julie DASH was born and raised in New York City, she earned her M.F.A. in Film & Television production at UCLA. DASH is a writer, producer and director. In 1992, with her lm Daughters of the Dust, DASH became the rst African American woman to have a full-length general theatrical release in the United States. It is the most important cinematic achievements in Black Cinema in the 20th century. In 2007, DASH received the Life Time Achievement Award from the Images of Black Women Film Festival in the UK. She was also nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for her lm The Rosa Parks Story.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Julie DASH

    1973 Working Models of Success 1975 For Women

    1977 Diary of an African Nun 1982 黑白幻音 Illusions

    1991 Praise House

    1991 塵埃的女兒 Daughters of the Dust

    1997 Grip Till it Hurts

    1997 即興地鐵爵士樂 Sax, Cantor Riff

    1999 另類情人節 Funny Valentines

    1999 隱姓埋名 Incognito

    2000 愛之頌 Love Song

    2002 人權鬥士:羅莎派克 The Rosa Parks Story 2004 Brothers of the Borderland

    Director/Julie DASH

    Producer/Ron Stacker THOMPSON, Ashley TYLER, Scott WHITE, Randy LEVINSON

    Screenplay/Amy FERRIS, Ron Stacker THOMPSON, Ashley TYLER,

    Julie DASH Cinematographer/Karl HERRMAN

    Editor/Hibah Sherif FISINA

    Music/Stanley CLARKE

    Actor/Alfre WOODARD, Loretta DEVINE, Saycon SENGBLOH,

    Tom WRIGHT, Peter J. FERNANDEZ, Megalyn ECHIKUNWOKE

    Production Company:

    Black Entertainment Television

    One BET Plaza, 1235 West St NE, Washington, DC 20018-1211, USA

    Tel: 202-608-2000, Fax: 202-608-2631

    tvviewerscomments@bet.com, www.bet.com

    Studios USA, 8800 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90069, USA

    Sales Company:

    Universal Studios Pay Television, Inc.

    100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 1440-3030, Universal City CA 91608, USA Tel: 818.777.0086

    NBC Universal Television

    30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10012, Tel: 212.664.7426

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