Losing Ground (1982)
A comedy-drama about a Black American female philosophy professor and her insensitive, philandering, and flamboyant artist husband who are having a marital crisis. When the wife goes off on an almost unbelievable journey to find "ecstasy", her husband is forced to see her in a different light.
9 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
Professor Sara Rogers (Seret Scott) teaches a class on logic.
Duration: 00:03:26
Timestamp: 00:01:27
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Genuine Success
Victor (Bill Gunn) and his wife Sara (Seret Scott) celebrate the sale of one of his paintings to a museum.
Duration: 00:02:11
Timestamp: 00:04:50
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Walking Around in a Dream
Having returned from upstate in a trance, Victor (Bill Gunn) argues with Sara (Seret Scott).
Duration: 00:04:00
Timestamp: 00:14:24
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
The Light
Sara (Seret Scott) poses for a portrait.
Duration: 00:02:55
Timestamp: 00:32:40
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Celia
Victor (Bill Gunn) asks Celia (Maritza Rivera) if he can paint her. Sara (Seret Scott) comes home and is wary of Celia.
Duration: 00:06:28
Timestamp: 00:42:54
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
A Treatise on Ecstasy
Sara (Seret Scott) and her mother (Billie Allen) discuss creative trances over lunch.
Duration: 00:02:44
Timestamp: 00:54:58
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
A Trance
Sara (Seret Scott) and Duke (Duane Jones) become closer as they work on George's (Gary Bolling) film.
Duration: 00:02:06
Timestamp: 01:02:22
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Dance, Man
When Sara (Seret Scott) brings Duke (Duane Johnson) home to meet her husband Victor (Bill Gunn), tensions culminate in a dance party.
Duration: 00:06:10
Timestamp: 01:08:15
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
The Gun
In the final scene of George's (Gary Bolling) film, Sara (Seret Scott) shoots her unfaithful lover.
Duration: 00:02:43
Timestamp: 01:18:55
Contributor: Sophia Blaha