Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash
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The first American feature directed by an African American woman to receive a theatrical release, Daughters of the Dust is a poetic mediation on migration and inheritance rooted in the material and cultural traditions of the Gullah Geechee. The multigenerational Peazant family considers leaving their ancestral island home off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia to merge with the modernizing mainland United States. In the balance, however, is a struggle between the promises of movement with the gravity of tradition following histories of violence. Julie Dash’s lush cinematography and circular narrative structure defined an iconic aesthetic language that continues to inspire contemporary artists working today. 1991, US, DCP, 112 min.
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Julie Dash is a filmmaker, author, and producer from New York City and a foundational figure of Black independent cinema. Her creative work as a director, screenwriter, and editor includes short films, narrative features, television productions, and music videos, and has explored the complex interior, social, and aesthetic experiences of Black women across history. After studying film in New York, Dash moved to California, where she studied screenwriting at AFI Conservatory and earned an MFA from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1985. Her short films include Four Women (1975), Diary of an African Nun (1977), and Illusions (1982). Her debut feature film, Daughters of the Dust (1991), was the first film by an African American woman to receive a general theatrical release in the United States and was included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2004.
Content note: This film contains references to sexual violence.
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