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Daughters of the Dust

  • 19911991
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 53m
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6.6/10
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Daughters of the Dust (1991)
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A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.6K
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POPULARITY
24,492
8,123
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    • Director
      • Julie Dash
    • Writer
      • Julie Dash
    • Stars
      • Cora Lee Day
      • Alva Rogers
      • Barbarao
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Julie Dash
    • Writer
      • Julie Dash
    • Stars
      • Cora Lee Day
      • Alva Rogers
      • Barbarao
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 43User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations

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    Daughters of the Dust
    Trailer 1:32
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    Daughters Of The Dust - 25th Anniversary Restoration Trailer
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    Essential Black Films of the 1990s
    Clip 1:14
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    A Salute to Black Directors
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    Unsung Black Heroes of Film History
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    Unsung Black Heroes of Film History

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    Cora Lee Day, Vertamae Grosvenor, Barbarao, Kaycee Moore, and Alva Rogers in Daughters of the Dust (1991)
    Cora Lee Day in Daughters of the Dust (1991)
    Julie Dash in Daughters of the Dust (1991)
    Trula Hoosier, Barbarao, and Alva Rogers in Daughters of the Dust (1991)
    Trula Hoosier, Barbarao, and Alva Rogers in Daughters of the Dust (1991)
    Director Julie Dash in frony of an image from her film "Daughters of the Dust"
    Daughters of the Dust (1991)
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    Cora Lee Day
    Cora Lee Day
    • Nana Peazant
    Alva Rogers
    Alva Rogers
    • Eula Peazant
    Barbarao
    Barbarao
    • Yellow Mary
    • (as Barbara-O)
    Trula Hoosier
    • Trula
    Umar Abdurrahamn
    • Bilal Muhammad
    Cheryl Lynn Bruce
    Cheryl Lynn Bruce
    • Viola Peazant
    Tommy Redmond Hicks
    • Mr. Snead
    Marcus Humphrey
    • Boatman
    Bernard Wilson
    • Boatman
    Adisa Anderson
    • Eli Peazant
    Eartha Robinson
    • Myown Peazant
    Bahni Turpin
    Bahni Turpin
    • Iona Peazant
    Jabario Cuthbert
    • Ninnyjugs
    Yolanda Simmons
    • Teenage Girl
    Ebony Hills
    • Teenage Girl
    Sherry Jackson
    • Older Cousin
    Cornell Royal
    • Daddy Mac
    Tony King
    Tony King
    • Newlywed Man
    • (as Malik Farrakhan)
    • Director
      • Julie Dash
    • Writer
      • Julie Dash
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Selected to the Library of Congress National Registry of Film in 2004.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Nana Peazant: I am the first and the last. I am the honored one and the scorned one. I am the whore and the holy one. I am the wife and the virgin. I am the barren one and many are my daughters. I am the silence that you can not understand. I am the utterance of my name.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: My Cousin Vinny/Article 99/American Me/The Lawnmower Man/Shakes the Clown/Daughters of the Dust (1992)

    User reviews43

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    Brief history of Julie Dash and film setting
    Julie Dash grew up in Long Island, New York and graduated from CCNY right after high school with a degree in film production. Dash moved to L.A. only to be rejected by UCLA's film department, but later accepted as a student of the American Film Institute through a fellowship. Grants then started rolling in and Dash was able to begin writing and shooting films which revolved around true historical portrayals and images of African woman such as depicted in Daughters of the Dust. This film was written, directed and then released by Julie Dash in 1991. The historical context of this film stretches from the time of the slave trade up to the summer of 1902, when the Peazant family left an island off the coast of South Carolina and headed north for the mainland. I would consider this film to be within the genre of modern melodrama because of the overly emotional acting styles, complex plot, long monologues and excellent musical score which seems to parallel the moods in each scene perfectly. I also found the mis en scene, as far as the setting, costume, figure movement and expression and cinematography to be very well done. This is an intense film definitely worth watching.
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    • Jun 24, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 27, 1991 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Дочери пыли
    • Filming locations
      • St. Helena Island, South Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Geechee Girls
      • American Playhouse
      • WMG Film
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,683,422
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,842
      • Nov 20, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,689,723
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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