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Daughters of the dust

Title
Daughters of the dust / directed by Julie Dash.
Publication
[New York, New York] : Cohen, [2017]

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Additional Authors
  • Dash, Julie
  • Jafa, Arthur
  • Day, Cora Lee
  • Rogers, Alva
  • Barbara-O
  • Bruce, Cheryl Lynn
  • Moore, Kaycee
  • Anderson, Adisa
  • Cohen Brothers, publisher.
Description
2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
"Daughters of the Dust" is a 1991 independent film written, directed, and produced by Julie Dash and is the first feature film directed by an African-American woman distributed theatrically in the United States. Set in 1902 on the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina it tells the story of three generations of Gullah women as they prepare to migrate to the North on the mainland.
Series Statement
Cohen film collection
Uniform Title
Cohen film collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Feature films.
  • Romance films.
  • Fiction films.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Note
  • Title from container.
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
  • Wide screen.
  • Special features: interview with Julie Dash and Dr. Stephane Dunn director of cinema, television and emerging media studies at Morehouse College; Q&A with director Julie Dash and actress Cheryl Bruce at the Chicago International Film Festival, moderated by actress Regina Taylor; interview with cinematographer Arthur Jafa; audio commentary with director Julie Dash and Michelle Materre; re-release trailer.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriter, Julie Dash ; producers, Julie Dash, Arthur Jafa ; cinematographer, Arthur Jafa ; composer, John Barnes ; production designer, Kerry James Marshall ; art director, Michael Kelly Williams.
Performer (note)
  • Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Kaycee Moore, Adisa Anderson, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor.
System Details (note)
  • Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.
Language (note)
  • Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Contents
Disc 1. Feature film -- Disc 2. Bonus features.
Call Number
Sc BLURAY-10
ISBN
  • 1417248084
  • 9781417248087
LCCN
741952827498
OCLC
980317466
Title
Daughters of the dust / directed by Julie Dash.
Publisher
[New York, New York] : Cohen, [2017]
Edition
25th anniversary restoration.
Country of Producing Entity
Great Britain United States
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file Blu-Ray region A
Series
Cohen film collection
Cohen film collection.
System Details
Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.
Cast
Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Kaycee Moore, Adisa Anderson, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor.
Credits
Screenwriter, Julie Dash ; producers, Julie Dash, Arthur Jafa ; cinematographer, Arthur Jafa ; composer, John Barnes ; production designer, Kerry James Marshall ; art director, Michael Kelly Williams.
Language
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Added Author
Dash, Julie, film director, screenwriter.
Jafa, Arthur, cinematographer.
Day, Cora Lee, actor.
Rogers, Alva, actor.
Barbara-O, actor.
Bruce, Cheryl Lynn, actor.
Moore, Kaycee, actor.
Anderson, Adisa, actor.
Cohen Brothers, publisher.
Other Standard Identifier
741952827498
Publisher No.
CMG-BD-8274 Koch Distribution
Research Call Number
Sc BLURAY-10
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