Daughters of the Dust (1991)
January 24, 1991Release Date
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
January 24, 1991Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Cora Lee Day
Nana Peazant
Alva Rogers
Eula Peazant
Barbara O. Jones
Yellow Mary
Trula M. Marcus
Trula
Trula Hoosier
Trula
Umar Abdurrahamn
Bilal Muhammad
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Viola Peazant
Kaycee Moore
Haagar Peazant
Bahni Turpin
Iona Peazant
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Mr. Snead
Adisa Anderson
Eli Peazant
Tony King
Newlywed Man (as Malik Farrakhan)
Julie Dash
Director
Cornell Royal
Daddy Mack Peazant
Michael Payne
Sound Supervisor
Nandi Bowe
Assistant Director
Arthur Jafa
Producer
Larry Meistrich
Assistant Director
Steven Jones
Producer
John Barnes
Composer
J. Miller Tobin
Assistant Director
Lindsay Law
Executive Producer
Joseph Burton
Editor
Jeremy Hoenack
Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Len Hunt
CastingDirector
Arline Burks Gant
Costume Design
Kerry Marshall
ProductionDesigner
Bernard Nicolas
Associate Producer
Amy Carey
Editor
Rose Chatterton
Makeup Artist
Pamm R. Jackson
Associate Producer
Floyd Webb
Associate Producer
Michael Kelly Williams
Art Direction
C.C. Barnes
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 24, 1991
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Budget$800,000
Filming LocationsSouth Carolina, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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 distributed theatrically in the United States. Set in 1902, it tells the story of three generations of Gullah (also known as Geechee) women in the Peazant family on Saint Helena Island as they prepare to migrate off the island, out of the Southern United States, and into the North.
The film gained critical praise for its lush visuals, Gullah dialogue and non-linear storytelling. The cast features Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara-O, Trula Hoosier, Vertamae Grosvenor, and Kaycee Moore and was filmed on St. Helena Island in South Carolina. Daughters of the Dust was selected for the Sundance 1991 dramatic competition. Director of photography Arthur Jafa won the top cinematography prize. The film is also known for being the first by an African American woman to gain a general theatrical release.Dash has written two books about Daughters of the Dust, one about making the film, co-authored with Toni Cade Bambara and bell hooks, and one novel, a sequel set 20 years after the film's story. In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." For its 25th anniversary, Daughters of the Dust was restored and re-released in 2016 by the Cohen Media Group.