
Daughters of the Dust [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]
by Cora Lee Day (Nana),
Alva Rogers (Eula),
Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Viola),
Adisa Anderson (Eli,St. Julen Lastchild),
Kaycee Moore (Haagar),
Barbara O (Yellow Mary),
Tommy Hicks (Mr. Snead,Actor),
Bahni Turpin (Iona),
Geraldine Dunston (Viola's Mother),
Vertamae Grosvenor (Hairbraider),
Eartha Robinson (Myown,Peazant Baby,Baptismal Processional Member),
Cornell 'Kofi' Royal (Daddy Mac),
Catherine Tarver (Woman with Baby),
Kai Lynn Warren (The Unborn Child,Peazant Child),
Trula Hoosier (Trula),
Umar Ubdurrahman (Bilal),
Malik Farrakhan (Newlywed Man),
Sherry Jackson (Older Cousin),
Ervin Green (Baptist Minister,Peazant Child,Baptismal Processional Member),
Marcus Humphrey (Boatman),
Bernard Wilson (Boatman,Baptismal Processional Member,Baptismal Processional Member),
Althea Lang (Newlywed Woman),
Jasmine Lee (Peazant Baby),
Willie Faulkner (Peazant Man),
Joe Taylor (Peazant Man),
Frank Brown (Peazant Man,Indigo Plantation Worker),
Rueben Fripp (Peazant Man),
Derrick Coaxum (Peazant Boy),
Neil Howard (Peazant Boy),
Taira Miller (Peazant Child),
Tiffanye Hills (Peazant Child),
Jamer Freeman (Pete,Re-Pete),
Vivian Dawson (Rice Husker),
Inez Griffin (Rice Husker,Baptismal Processional Member),
Darrel Cook (Moss Gatherer,Moss Gatherer),
Benjamin Gillens (Minister's Assistant),
Ronald Daise (Processional Man),
Marie Smalls (Woman Being Baptizied),
Lonnie Moon (Baptismal Processional Member),
Dewitt Parker (Baptismal Processional Member,Indigo Plantation Worker,Indigo Plantation Worker),
Taylor Thompson (Baptismal Processional Member),
Archie Thomas (Baptismal Processional Member),
Raymond Paige (Baptismal Processional Member),
Ervena Falkner (Baptismal Processional Member),
Belle White (Indigo Plantation Worker,Indigo Plantation Worker),
Maxine Royale (Indigo Plantation Worker),
Georgia Wiggins (Indigo Plantation Worker),
Carolyn Garris (Indigo Plantation Worker),
Ella Powell (Indigo Plantation Worker),
Bernice Jenkins (Indigo Plantation Worker),
Lilian Johnson (Indigo Plantation Worker,Young Nana Peazant),
Leroy Simmons Jr. (Young Daddy Mac),
Trula Marcus (Companion),
Tony King (Actor),
Julie Dash (Director,Screenwriter,Producer),
Julie Dash (Director,Screenwriter),
Joseph Burton (Editor),
Amy Carey (Editor),
Arthur Jafa (Cinematographer),
Arthur Jafa (Producer),
Lindsay Law (Executive Producer),
Lindsay Law (Executive Producer),
Kerry Marshall (Production Designer),
Michael Kelly Williams (Art Director),
Lidsay Law (Executive Producer),
Lidsay Law (Executive Producer),
Veda Campbell (Sound/Sound Designer),
John Barnes (Composer)
John Barnes (Composer)
Format: Blu-ray
ISBN: 741952827498
Publication Date: 04/11/2017
Edition Description: Wide Screen / 2 PACK
At the turn of the century, West African slaves were brought to a small island near South Carolina to labor in the indigo trade. Isolated in the swampy atmosphere, the Gullah community was built based on ancient Yoruba traditions. They spoke in a distinct dialect, a combination of English and West African languages. This unique community is explored in Julie Dash's debut feature Daughters of the Dust, a costume drama about the Peazant family, a fictional group of Gullah natives living on Ido Landing. The secluded family experience conflicts involving religion, industrialization, and tradition. The mystical matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day) holds true to the beliefs of their ancestors, while Haagar (Kaycee Moore) can't wait to move away. Yellow Mary (Barbara O) returns from a life as a prostitute in Cuba with her girlfriend, and gets morally attacked by the reformed Christian Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce). Meanwhile, indifferent Eula (Alva Rogers) is pregnant with a baby that may or may not be the result of a rape. While the story doesn't attempt to follow a standard Eurocentric narrative, the plot revolves around a picnic on the shore in honor of the family members who chose to move to the prosperity of the north. The narrator is a spirit called the Unborn Child, who appears sometimes as a rambunctious little girl. A photographer accompanies the group to capture the events on film.
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