Daughters of the dust
(DVD)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, c2000.
Format
DVD
Edition
Deluxe ed., letterboxed version.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc | DVD DAUGHTE | Checked Out | April 26, 2024 |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
African American women -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans.
DVD-Video discs.
Ethnographic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Independent films.
Video recordings.
African American women -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Drama.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans.
DVD-Video discs.
Ethnographic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Independent films.
Video recordings.
Other Subjects
More Details
Published
New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, c2000.
Edition
Deluxe ed., letterboxed version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Language
English
UPC
737329013328, 3732901332, 738329013325
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Copyright date on container is 1999.
General Note
Special features: Audio commentary by writer/director Julie Dash; "Touching our own spirit: the making of Daughters of the Dust," a new documentary featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage; never-before-seen footage from the preliminary version of the film; isolated musical score by John Barnes; excerpt of Spencer Williams' The Blood of Jesus (1941); an interview with historian Robert Farris Thompson; deleted scenes, theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Music composed by John Barnes ; editors, Amy Carey, Joseph Burton ; director of photography, A. Jaffa Fielder ; executive producer, Lindsay Law.
Participants/Performers
Cast: Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tommy Hicks, Kaycee Moore, Alva Rogers, Adisa Anderson, Geraldine Dunston, Vertamae Grosvenor.
Description
Story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North from the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia at the dawn of the 20th century.
System Details
DVD, NTSC.
Language
In English and Sea Islands creole dialect, with English subtitles.