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]
- ^ Bissada, Mason (May 31, 2023). "Jessie Maple, Trailblazing Black Director and Cinematographer, Dies at 76". TheWrap. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ Franklin, McKinley (May 31, 2023). "Jessie Maple Dead: Trailblazing Director-Cinematographer Was 76". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ BFC/A (April 12, 2012). "Into The Archive: Exploring the Jessie Maple Collection". Black Film Center/Archive. Indiana University. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ Bobo, Jacqueline (2017). "Black Women Filmmakers; a brief history" from The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, UK; New York: Routledge. pp. chapter 23. ISBN 9781138924956.
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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