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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
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Dec 27, 1991 · Daughters of the Dust: Directed by Julie Dash. With Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara O, Trula Hoosier. A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.
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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
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 ...
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST is a post-slavery narrative about cultural memory, notions of home and belonging, and conflicts of Black female identity. -25th Anniversary 2K Restoration-In theaters ...
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- 193K
- Cohen Media Group
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina struggle to maintain their cult...
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 ...
