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Writer, producer, and director Julie Ethel Dash was born on October 22, 1952, in Manhattan, New York, to Rhudine Henderson and Charles Edward Dash. After graduating from Jamaica High School, Dash received her B.A. degree in film production from City Colleges of New York in 1974, and her M.F.A. degree in film and television at the University of California Los Angeles. Prior to receiving her M.F.A. degree, Dash was a two year Conservatory Fellow (Producing/Writing) at the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies.

Dash began her study of film in 1969 at the Studio Museum of Harlem's Cinematography Workshop, with a special interest in foreign film. She was then accepted into film school at the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts, where she wrote and produced a promotional documentary for the New York Urban Coalition calledWorking Models for Success. After Dash graduated, she moved to Los Angeles and attended the Center for Advanced Film Studies and the American Film Institute. In 1975, Dash directedFour Women, a "choreopoem" based on the song of the same title by singer Nina Simone. In 1977, Dash directed the film,Diary of an African Nun, which was shown at the Los Angeles Film Exposition and won her a Director's Guild Award for student filmmaking.

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