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Daughters of the dust

Daughters of the dust

DVD 2017

At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina, former West-African slaves who adopted many of the ancestors Yoruba traditions, struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots.

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African American families South Carolina Drama
African Americans South Carolina Drama
Gullah women Drama
Gullahs Drama
Sea Islands Drama
South Carolina Drama
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Edition:
Twenty-fifth anniversary restoration
Description:
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD video
polychrome
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Notes:
Disc features: audio commentary track; re-release trailer
Original music, John Barnes
Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Alva Rogers, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Kaycee Moore, Adisa Anderson, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
DVD
Winner NY Film Critics Circle Special Award
English SDH
Control Number:
3177918
UPC:
741952836896
Other Authors:
Anderson, Adisa, actor
Barbara-O, actor
Barnes, John, 1949-
Bruce, Cheryl Lynn, actor
Cohen Media Group
Dash, Julie, director
Day, Cora Lee, actor
E1 Entertainment (Firm)
Geechee Girls Productions, Inc
Hicks, Tommy, actor
Jafa, Arthur, producer
Moore, Kaycee, actor
Rogers, Alva, actor
Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae, actor
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