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Uniform Title Daughters of the dust (Motion picture)
Title Daughters of the dust / a Geechee Girls production ; produced, written, and directed by Julie Dash.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Kino on Video, [1999]
©1999

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD DAUGHTERS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD DAUGHTERS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD DAUG    Check Shelf
Edition Deluxe ed.
Description 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD.
Cast Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tommy Hicks, Kaycee Moore, Alva Rogers, Adisa Anderson, Geraldine Dunston, Trula Hoosier, Eartha D. Robinson, Cornell Royall, Bahni Turpin, Kai-Lynne Warren.
Credits Director of photography, A. Jaffa Fielder; editors, Amy Carey, Joseph Burton; music, John Barnes; produced, written, and directed by Julie Dash.
Note Letterboxed version (1.85).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Summary In 1902, the Gullah Peazant family, descendants of slaves, live on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. Most of the family is moving to the mainland and to the North. Their departure causes upheaval within the family.
Note Special features: Audio commentary by writer/director Julie Dash; "Touching our own spirit: the making of Daughters of the Dust," a new documentary featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage; never-before-seen footage from the preliminary version of the film; isolated musical score by John Barnes; excerpt of Spencer Williams' The Blood of Jesus (1941); an interview with historian Robert Farris Thompson; deleted scenes, theatrical trailer.
GMD: videorecording.
Subject African American women -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
African American families -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
Gullahs -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
Sea Islands -- Drama.
Genre/Form DVDs.
Feature films.
Added Author Dash, Julie.
Day, Cora Lee.
Barbara-O.
Bruce, Cheryl Lynn.
Hicks, Tommy.
Anderson, Adisa.
Dunston, Geraldine.
Hoosier, Trula.
Moore, Kaycee.
Robinson, Eartha D.
Rogers, Alva.
Royall, Cornell.
Turpin, Bahni.
Warren, Kai-Lynne.
Barnes, John, 1949-
Geechee Girls Productions, Inc.
Kino International Corporation.
Added Title Touching our own spirit: the making of Daughters of the Dust.
Standard No. 738329013325
Music No. K133 DVD Kino on Video
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