Daughters of the Dust
93
In 1902, a Gullah family on the Sea Islands off South Carolina prepares to migrate North, torn between the mainland's promise and the ancestors buried in their soil.
Why watch: The first theatrically released feature directed by a Black woman. Beyonce referenced it in Lemonade.
Cast
Cora Lee Day as Nana Peazant
Alva Rogers as Eula Peazant
Barbara O. Jones as Yellow Mary
Trula Hoosier as Trula
Umar Abdurrahamn as Bilal Muhammad
Adisa Anderson as Eli Peazant
Kaycee Moore as Haagar Peazant
Bahni Turpin as Iona Peazant
Cheryl Lynn Bruce as Viola Peazant
Tommy Redmond Hicks as Mr. Snead
Tony King as Newlywed Man
Cornell Royal as Daddy Mack Peazant
Crew
Julie Dash — Director
Julie Dash — Writer
Julie Dash — Producer
Arthur Jafa — Producer
Lindsay Law — Executive Producer
Steven Jones — Producer
Len Hunt — Casting
Arthur Jafa — Director of Photography
Joseph Burton — Editor
Amy Carey — Editor
Kerry Marshall — Production Design
Michael Kelly Williams — Art Direction
Arline Burks Gant — Costume Design
John Barnes — Original Music Composer
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