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Title:

Daughters of the dust [videorecording] / a Geechee Girls production ; produced, written, and directed by Julie Dash.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Deluxe ed., letterboxed version.

Publisher:

Kino on Video,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.

Subject:

African Americans--Sea Islands--Sea Islands--Drama.
African American women--Sea Islands--Sea Islands--Drama.
African American families--Sea Islands--Sea Islands--Drama.
African Americans.
African Americans in motion pictures.

Other Authors:

Dash, Julie.
Day, Cora Lee.
Barbara-O.
Bruce, Cheryl Lynn.
Hicks, Tommy.
Moore, Kaycee.
Rogers, Alva.
Anderson, Adisa.
Dunston, Geraldine.
Barnes, John, 1949-
Geechee Girls Productions, Inc.
Kino International Corporation.

Other Titles:

Touching our own spirit: the making of Daughters of the Dust.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Copyright date on container is 1999. Cast: Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tommy Hicks, Kaycee Moore, Alva Rogers, Adisa Anderson, Geraldine Dunston, Vertamae Grosvenor. 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.

Summary:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45443498

UPC:

737329013328

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)