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Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Trula Hoosier, Adisa Anderson, Kaycee Moore
DVD Info
Release:
May 2, 2002
DVD Features:
- Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Reviews
The resources of the beautiful locations are exploited to the utmost, and [director Julie] Dash can be credited with an original, daring, and sincere conception.
A brave and ravishing film that portrays a little-known society with deft, culturally specific images.
With its portrayal of Black dignity, majesty and depth of character and identity, this is clearly a film of those fully in control of their own means of cultural production.


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