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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.

Publisher:

Kino International,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

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

Subject:

African Americans--Sea Islands--Sea Islands--Drama.
African American women--Drama.
African American families--Drama.
African Americans--Drama.
Feature films.
Longs métrages--États-Unis.

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:

Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tommy Hicks, Kaycee Moore, Alva Rogers, Adisa Anderson, Geraldine Dunston, Vertamae Grosvenor. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. 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)43596242

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)