Daughters of the Dust
1991
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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.
Nov 20, 2006 · 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 ...
Apr 13, 2020 · The film’s director, JULIE DASH. David Chow. ONE OF THE sharpest memories of my first year living in New York is standing in a line stretching from the Film Forum box office along West Houston...
Nov 18, 2016 · Nov. 18, 2016. TORONTO — One day late in April, the filmmaker Julie Dash got a phone call from her daughter. “Welcome to the BeyHive,” her daughter said. “What are you talking about?” Ms. Dash...
Jul 17, 2020 · July 17, 2020. Julie Dash on DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST and her Trailblazing Career. Julie Dash (AFI Class of 1974) is one of the most well-respected and inventive visual storytellers of her generation. After attending AFI in the mid-‘70s, she received her MFA in Film and Television Production from UCLA.
Nov 18, 2016 · The year’s best and most original movie was made in 1991 and is returning today, in a new restoration, to Film Forum, where it premièred a quarter century ago: “Daughters of the Dust,” Julie...
Mar 27, 2017 · Directed by Julie Dash, it’s many things—a tone poem come to life, a lush historical exploration of the Gullah people, and a celebration of the bonds between black women. It was also the first feature film directed by an African-American woman that was distributed theatrically.
