Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

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