Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
USA
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Year
1991
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
Julie Dash’s majestic first feature is a poignant portrait of three generations of Gullah women (descendants of West African slaves) at the turn of the 20th century as their family struggles with the decision to migrate from their sea island home off the coast of South Carolina to the mainland. Daughters of the Dust portrayed a new type of blackness and black identity – one located in a pastoral island setting still informed by myth and ancestral traditions.
Dash’s perspective is determinedly feminist as she fuses together image, sound, authentic dialect and traditions of African oral storytelling to portray the power, beauty and resilience of black women. Her vision and aesthetic sensibilities perfectly capture a forgotten moment of the African American experience and charted new ground in the representation of black women on screen.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Eli Peazant
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Yellow Mary Peazant
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Viola Peazant
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Nana Peazant
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Viola's mother
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hairbraider
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Mr Snead
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Haagar Peazant
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Myown Peazant
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Eula Peazant
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Daddy Mac Peazant
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woman with baby
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Iona Peazant
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the unborn child
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Trula
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Bilal Muhammed
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newlywed man
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older cousin
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baptist minister
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boatman
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boatman
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newlywed woman
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Peazant baby
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Peazant baby
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Peazant man
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Peazant man
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Peazant man
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Peazant man
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Peazant boy
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Peazant boy
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Peazant child
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Peazant child
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Peazant child
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Peazant child
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Pete
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re-Pete
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rice husker
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rice husker
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St Julien Lastchild
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moss gatherer
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moss gatherer
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minister's assistant
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processional man
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woman being baptised
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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baptismal processional
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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indigo plantation
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young Nana Peazant
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young Daddy Mac Peazant
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Shad Peazant
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
Production:
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©
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Production Company
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In association with
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In association with
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With financial assistance from
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With financial assistance from
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With financial assistance from
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With financial assistance from
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Presents
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A Kino International release
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Producer
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Line Producer
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Associate Producer
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Associate Producer
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Associate Producer
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Controller
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Location Manager
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Post-production Supervisor
Casting:
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Casting
Writing:
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Written by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Camera Operator
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1st Assistant Camera
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1st Assistant Camera (Additional)
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2nd Assistant Camera
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Gaffer
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Key Grip
Special Effects:
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Editor
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Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Set Dresser
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Prop Master
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Construction Foreman
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Set Costumer
Make-up:
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Make-up Supervisor
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Assistant Make-up
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Hairstylist
Titles:
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Titles/Opticals
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Titles/Opticals
Film processing:
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Dailies
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Negative Conforming
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Laboratory
Music:
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Original Music by
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African Percussions/Vocals
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African Percussions/Vocals
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African Percussions/Vocals
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African Percussions/Vocals
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African Percussions/Vocals
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Eastern Percussionists
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Eastern Percussionists
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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Vocalist
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African Percussions/Vocals Coord'ted by
Sound:
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Music Recorded at
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Music Mixer/Engineer
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Sound Recordist
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Boom Operator
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recorded by
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Dialogue Editor
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Dialogue Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Walla Group
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Walla Group
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Walla Group
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Walla Group
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Walla Group
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Walla Group
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Walla Group
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Walla Group
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ADR Voice
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ADR Voice
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ADR Editor
Consultant:
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Gullah Language Consultant
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