Daughters of the Dust (1991)

Director: Julie Dash  Starring: Cora Lee Day  
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Publisher: Kino Video
Format: DVD
UPC: 00738329013325
Buy.com Sku: 40129995
Item#: VJQMR6
Category Keywords: Black Heritage  Family Interaction  Independent  Recommended  Theatrical Release 
Rating: NR
 
 
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Set in the sea islands of the south at the turn of the century,tells the story of the peazant family as they prepare to migratefrom the islands to the northern united states isolated fromthe mainland the peazants retain the spiritual and culturaltraditions of their gullah, and african heritage.
 


Editor's Note

The sensitive story of a large African-American family leaving their Gullah Island homeland for the promise of a new and better future, and the fears and changes they confront along the way. Winner of the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival.


Plot Summary

1902. In the remote Sea Islands off Georgia, where African-Americans lived and retained their traditional language and culture, a family prepares to leave and migrate north. As they celebrate this one last day of togetherness at a picnic, Nana Peazant, the family's matriarch who has chosen to stay behind, tells stories of their African ancestors and the arrival of slaves on the American shores. By exhorting her loved ones never to forget this past, she tries to assure their future strength -- which must always come from a respect for oneself and one's history.

 
Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes: "Touching Our Own Spirit: The Making of DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST"
Shorts: Excerpt from Spencer Williams' THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
Audio Commentary: Julie Dash - Director
Isolated Audio Track: Musical Score
Interviews: Robert Farris Thompson - Historian
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Alternate Scenes:
1. Never-Before-Seen Footage From Preliminary Version of Film
2. Deleted Scenes
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies: Cast & Crew
Filmographies: Cast & Crew





 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Kino Video
Release Date: 2/15/2000
Running Time: 113 minutes
Original Release Date: 1991
Catalog ID: 133
UPC: 00738329013325
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Adisa Anderson
Kaycee Moore
Cora Lee Day
Bahni Turpin
Trula Hoosier
Alva Rogers
Kerry Marshall - Production Designer
John Barnes - Composer
Arthur Jafa - Director of Photography
Julie Dash - Director

 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...A film of spellbinding visual beauty....[Dash] emerges as a strikingly original film maker..." 01/16/1992 p.C19

USA Today
"...[The film] boasts a novel setting off the Georgia-South Carolina coast..." 04/01/1992 p.6D

Los Angeles Times
"...This languid, unhurried film concentrates on exploring sensations in an almost ritualistic way....DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST very much has a power all its own..." 03/06/1992 p.F10

Chicago Bulletin
"...A tone poem of old memories....It is all a matter of notes and moods, music and tones of voice, atmosphere and deep feeling..." 03/13/1992 p.35

  
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