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Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 independent film written, directed and produced by Julie Dash and is the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to be theatrically released in the United States.
- Julie Dash
- 1992
Dec 27, 1991 · A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902. The film explores the African folk-ways, the Christian, Muslim and Africanist influences, and the struggle to preserve the communal memory of these African survivors.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Julie Dash
- 1991-12-27
At the dawn of the 20th century, a family in the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions -- suffers a ...
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- Cora Lee Day
- Julie Dash
- Drama
Apr 13, 2020 · The film, which takes place on a single day in 1902, on an island off the coast of South Carolina, was a watershed — part of the larger blossoming of black independent cinema whose most famous ...
Mar 13, 1992 · Julie Dash's "Daughters of the Dust" is a tone poem of old memories, a family album in which all of the pictures are taken on the same day. It tells the story of a family of African-Americans who have lived for many years on a Southern offshore island, and of how they come together one day in 1902 to celebrate their ancestors before some of them leave for the North.
May 31, 2017 · Daughters of the Dust: Julie Dash's lush drama remains a vital portrait of black life. Read more. It is set in 1901 on the South Carolina island of St Helena, where...
Nov 18, 2016 · Richard Brody on the restored 1991 film by Julie Dash, “Daughters of the Dust,” about one African-American family moving North during the Great Migration.
