Daughters of the Dust 1991 Movie

IMDB Rating 6.5  (2K)
Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last ... More details

Directors

Julie Dash

Cast

Cora Lee DayAlva RogersBarbaraoTrula Hoosier

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dramahistoryromancetriple f ratedtitle directed by femalefeminist filmwritten by directoryear 1902black americanreference to georgia the statereference to south carolinamatriarchvoice over narrationnarrated by characterprologuesubjective cameraboatnarrated by unborn childgreat great grandmother great great granddaughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipcousin cousin relationshipkaleidoscopeman wears sunglassesuncle niece relationshipreference to the american civil warsubtitled scenenote slid under a doorvoice over letterbare chested malereading a letter aloudman pulls a cartman sits in a treecherokee nationbeachsingersingingdancerold womannicknamewoman chews tobaccodead grandfatherhusband wife relationshipdancing on a beachslow motion scenememorytraditiontrustchickenblacksmithanvilholding hands over one's earsfrustrationprayergirlbookmysticismhorsebroken glass bottlereference to godleaving homeboychildbasket weavingtin canwalking on a beachmultiple narratorsarchive footageblack and white scenebabyreturning hometeenage girlstraw bowler hatcrab as foodchicken as foodfood preparationbibleumbrellareference to jesus christpierced noseringcameraphotographerwoman sits in a treecigarette smokinglaughtersadnessrunningyellinggumboreference to savannah georgiafoodtaking a photographposing for a photographhallucinationreference to a slave shipreference to breast feedingseagullfemale female embracewindwidowafricanreligionthunderblanketgame playingcanopyman carries a woman in his armshandshakeclappingstereograph viewergraveyardcatalogueeeny meenie miney moetentsign languagesecret handshakebicycleriding a bicycle on a beachnaming a babygravegriefstatuetime lapse photographydouble negative shotoral historystorytellingwading in waterstatue floating in watereatingwoman wears whitederby hatritualceremonyreference to canadareference to nova scotia canadabaptismfast motion sceneethnographyheathenold manconjuringwashing an old woman's feetbare feetpipe smokingblowing bubblesreference to the french west indiesfrenchreference to africareference to walking on watercrying womancrying babydustplanting seedsreference to heavenlovesaying goodbyereference to breast milksunsethorse ridinggirl wears a ribbon in her hairwoman wears a necktieman and woman share a horseimmigrationfreedomrunning on a beachislandgullah culturesea islandf ratedslaveryrapepregnancyinterracial rapefeministfemale bondingfamily gatheringdialectdescendantcompassioncommunityblack family1900sindigonational film registrybottle treecherokee tribeunborn childislamspiritualityhomeblack independent filmfamily relationshipsgrandmotherafrican americanmigrationfamily reunionlove letterfamily treeancestral homesecret letterindependent film
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