“A landmark in Black feminist cinema.” - The New York Times
“Graceful, emotionally exact. Collins was a force.” - The Guardian
Tuesday, November 18, 6:00 p.m. & Sunday, November 23, 12:00 p.m. | LOSING GROUND, one of the first feature-length films directed by a Black woman, offers an intimate, interior portrait of Sara Rogers, a brilliant philosophy professor married to a charismatic painter, Victor. The couple retreat from the city to upstate New York; Victor seeking inspiration and muses for his art, Sara immersed in writing an academic essay on ecstasy. The retreat unfolds into an interior reflection on love and marriage and the entangled dynamics of race and gender.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board
Interiority on Screen Lecture Series | Fall 2025
This series focuses on cinematic works that depict the subjectivities and mental states of their characters in unconventional, intimate, and poetic manners. Tuesday film screenings will be accompanied by lectures, where these films will be discussed not only from the standpoint of critical spectatorship but also from a filmmaker’s point of view. Select titles offered with Sunday encores. Tickets for Sunday encores are regular price and do not include the lecture. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. Lecturer: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Assistant Professor of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu