Daughters of the Dust [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Daughters of the Dust [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Director: Julie Dash Cast: Cora Lee Day
Cora Lee Day
, Alva Rogers
Alva Rogers
, Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
, Adisa Anderson
Adisa Anderson
Julie Dash
Daughters of the Dust [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Daughters of the Dust [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Director: Julie Dash Cast: Cora Lee Day
Cora Lee Day
, Alva Rogers
Alva Rogers
, Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
, Adisa Anderson
Adisa Anderson
Julie Dash

Blu-ray (Wide Screen / 2 PACK)

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Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/11/2017
UPC: 0741952827498
Original Release: 1991
Rating: NR
Source: Cohen Media Group
Sound: [stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:52:00
Sales rank: 15,365

Special Features

Interview with Julie Dash and Dr. Stephane Dunn director of Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies at Morehouse College; Q&A with director Julie Dash and actress Cheryl Bruce at the Chicago International Film Festival, moderated by actress Regina Taylor; Interview with cinematographer Arthur Jafa; Audio commentary with director Julie Dash and Michelle Materre; Re-release trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
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
John Barnes Composer

Technical Credits
Julie Dash Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Arthur Jafa Producer
Lindsay Law Executive Producer
Lidsay Law Executive Producer
Veda Campbell Sound/Sound Designer
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