Daughters of the Dust
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| Daughters of the Dust | |
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| Directed by | Julie Dash |
| Produced by | Lindsay Law Julie Dash Arthur Jafa Steven Jones |
| Written by | Julie Dash |
| Starring | Cora Lee Day Barbara O Alva Rogers Trula Hoosier Umar Abdurrahamn Adisa Anderson Kaycee Moore |
| Music by | John Barnes |
| Cinematography | Arthur Jafa |
| Distributed by | Kino Video |
| Release date(s) |  Jan 1991 (Sundance Film Festival) Sep 10, 1991 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 independent film written and directed by Julie Dash. It tells the story of three generations of Gullah women at the turn of the 20th Century and focuses on the family's migration from the Sea Islands to the American mainland.
Featuring an unusual narrative device, the film is told by an unborn child. The movie gained critical praise, for both its rich language and use of song, and for its use of imagery. Another unusual feature of the film is that the much of the dialogue is spoken in the Gullah language.
The film features Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara-O, Turla Hoosier Vertamae Grosvenor, and Kaycee Moore. It was filmed on St. Helena Island in South Carolina.
In 2004, Daughters of the Dust was added to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress, recognising the cultural, historical and aesthetic significance of the movie.
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