Piermont based writer and director Kathleen Collins (1942 – 1988) made two groundbreaking films, both available for streaming: The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (50 minutes; 1980) and the feature film, Losing Ground (1982), which was just selected for the prestigious National Film Registry for their permanent collection and was the opening night film in the Film Society of Lincoln Center series, “Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986”. Both films are set in Rockland County.

Read the excellent article about Kathleen Collins and her films in the February 19 edition of Nyack News and Views.

​Losing Ground and The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy will stream from February 19 through 25, for the single price of $10. Click here for more information! 

Check out her books from the Library:
Our New Fish Tank
​Notes from a Black Woman's Diary
​Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?

Check out all of our Graphic novel suggestions that we mentioned in episode 5 of our Nyack Papercut Podcast! Listen here!

The Essential Dykes ​​to Watch Out For - Alison Bechdel 
Are You My Mother - Alison Bechdel
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - Rey Terciero
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part 1 - Art Spiegelman
Ben Katchor Graphic Novels
This One Summer - Mariko Tamaki
Megg and Mogg - Simon Hanselmann
Bone - Jeff Smith
Spiral Bound: Top Secret Summer - Aaron Renier
Peanuts Treasury - Charles M. Schulz
Cul de Sac - Richard Thompson
Lynda Barry
Love and Rockets - Jamie Hernandez
Hyperbole and a Half - Allie Brosh
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
March - John Lewis
Diary of a Teenage Girl - Phoebe Gloeckner
Aya of Yap City - Marguerite Abouet
Little Vampire - Joann Sfar
The Rabbi's Cat -Joann Sfar 
Check Please! - Ngozi Ukazu
Hildafolk - Luke Pearson
A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
The Killing Joke - Alan Moore
Old Man Logan - Mark Millar
Watchman - Alan More
The Night Bookmobile - Audrey Niffenegger
From Hell - Alan Moore