Daughters of the dust

Resource Information

The work Daughters of the dust represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Daughters of the dust

Statement of responsibility

a Geechee Girls production ; produced by Julie Dash and Arthur Jafa ; written and directed by Julie Dash

Contributor

• Day, Cora Lee,
• Day, Cora Lee,
• Hicks, Tommy,
• Hicks, Tommy,
• Dash, Julie,
• Jafa, Arthur,
• Dash, Julie,
• Bruce, Cheryl Lynn,
• Jafa, Arthur,
• Bruce, Cheryl Lynn,
• Barnes, John, 1949-
• Barnes, John, 1949-
• Law, Lindsay,
• Law, Lindsay,
• Barbara-O,
• Barbara-O,
• Moore, Kaycee,
• Moore, Kaycee,
• Anderson, Adisa,
• Rogers, Alva,
• Rogers, Alva,
• Anderson, Adisa,
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),
• Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae,
• Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae,
• Geechee Girls Productions, Inc.,
• Geechee Girls Productions, Inc.,

Actor

• Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae,
• Day, Cora Lee,
• Day, Cora Lee,
• Hicks, Tommy,
• Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae,
• Hicks, Tommy,
• Bruce, Cheryl Lynn,
• Bruce, Cheryl Lynn,
• Barbara-O,
• Barbara-O,
• Moore, Kaycee,
• Moore, Kaycee,
• Anderson, Adisa,
• Anderson, Adisa,
• Rogers, Alva,
• Rogers, Alva,

Composer

• Barnes, John, 1949-
• Barnes, John, 1949-

Director of photography

• Jafa, Arthur,
• Jafa, Arthur,

Film director

• Dash, Julie,
• Dash, Julie,

Film producer

• Jafa, Arthur,
• Jafa, Arthur,
• Law, Lindsay,
• Dash, Julie,
• Dash, Julie,
• Law, Lindsay,

Production company

• Geechee Girls Productions, Inc.,
• Geechee Girls Productions, Inc.,

Publisher

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),

Screenwriter

• Dash, Julie,
• Dash, Julie,

Subject

• Gullahs -- Drama
• Gullahs -- Drama
• African American families
• Gullahs
• African American families -- Drama
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Historical films
• United States -- Sea Islands
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videorecording
• Historical films
• African American families -- Drama
• Drama
• Drama
• African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Drama
• African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Drama
• African Americans
• Historical films

Genre

• Historical films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk ways were maintained well into the twentieth century and was one of the last bastions of these mores in America

Member of

• Cohen film collection

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

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

Intended audience

Rating: TVPG

Language note

Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Alva Rogers, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Kaycee Moore, Adisa Anderson, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor

Runtime

112

Series statement

Cohen film collection

Target audience

general

Technique

live action