Daughters of the dust [DVD]

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Daughters of the dust

(2000, original release: 1991)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:

DVD/DRAMA/DAUGHTERS

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Movies	DVD/DRAMA/DAUGHTERS	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2000]
©2000

EDITION

Deluxe edition, letterboxed version

DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN

6305729212 : K133 DVD, 737329013328, 738329013325

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Copyright date on container is 1999

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

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

Music composed by John Barnes ; editors, Amy Carey, Joseph Burton ; director of photography, A. Jaffa Fielder ; executive producer, Lindsay Law

Cast: Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tommy Hicks, Kaycee Moore, Alva Rogers, Adisa Anderson, Geraldine Dunston, Vertamae Grosvenor

DVD, NTSC

In English and Sea Islands creole dialect, with English subtitles