Daughters of the Dust

by Julie Dash (Director)

Other authorsJohn Barnes (Music), Steven Jones (Producer), Julie Dash (Producer), Julie Dash (Writer), Alva Rogers (Actor), Vertamae Grosvenor (Actor), Tommy Hicks (Actor), Arthur Jafa (Producer), Arthur Jafa (Cinematographer), Kaycee Moore (Actor), Sherry Jackson (Producer) — 7 more, Lindsay Law (Producer), Adisa Anderson (Actor), Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Actor), Cora Lee Day (Actor), Geraldine Dunston (Actor), Barbara-O (Actor), Cornell Royal (Actor)

DVD, 1991

Call number

PS3554.A823

Series

American Playhouse [PBS] (10.00)

Publication

Kino International Corp, [1999] Edition: 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen.

Description

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk ways were maintained well into the twentieth century and was one of the last bastions of these mores in America.

Subjects

African American families Georgia Sea Islands Drama

African American women Georgia Sea Islands Drama

African Americans

African Americans Georgia Sea Islands Drama

African Americans in motion pictures

Language

English

Original language

English

Local notes

(112 min.) Special features: Commentary by writer/director Julie Dash; Making Of featurette; Footage from preliminary version of the film; Isolated musical score by John Barnes; Excerpt of "The Blood of Jesus" (1941) by Spencer Williams; Interview with historian Robert Farris Thompson; Deleted scenes and the original theatrical trailer.

Barcode

3362

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