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    Love Song

    Julie DASH 2000 USA Fiction color 88min English Digi Beta
    This interracial love story has a universal appeal to both the young and old alike. Pop music icon Monica stars, in her first film leading role, as Camille LIVINGSTON, a college student from a wealthy African American family. She’s engaged to Calvin, portrayed by Rainbow Sun Franks, a medical student of her parent’s choice. To the dismay of her chatty girlfriends Toni and Renee and family Camille falls in love with Billy RYAN, played by Christian KANE, a handsome white artist who is a blues singer and the all around good guy. Musical performances and cameo’s include: Monica, Christian KANE, Akon, Tyrese, TLC’s “Chilli”, Dallas AUSTIN.

    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/Claudio CASTRAVELLI, Miranda CASTRAVELLI,

    Suzanne LAUER, Kim OGLETREE

    Screenplay/Josslyn LUCKETT

    Cinematographer/David CLAESSEN

    Editor/Pamela MALOUF-CUNDY

    Music/Frank FITZPATRICK

    Actor/Monica ARNOLD, Christian KANE, Rainbow FRANCKS,

    Essence ATKINS, Vanessa Bell CALLOWAY, Teck HOLMES

    Production Company:

    Handprint Entertainment

    1100 Glendon Ave., Ste. 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA Tel: 310-481-4400, Fax: 310-481-4419 www.imdb.com/company/co0036374

    Sales Company:

    MTV

    1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA

    Tel: 212-846-6000, brettLevner@aol.com, www.mtv.com

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