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Daughters of the dust [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K133 DVD | Kino International CorporationPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Kino International, c1999.Edition: Deluxe edDescription: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Production credits:
  • Music composed by John Barnes ; editors, Amy Carey, Joseph Burton ; director of photography, A. Jaffa Fielder ; executive producer, Lindsay Law.
Cast: Cora Lee Day, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tommy Hicks, Kaycee Moore, Alva Rogers, Adisa Anderson, Geraldine Dunston, Vertamae Grosvenor.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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0096 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050089485

Originally produced or released in 1991.

Run time: approx. 113 min.

Letterboxed format (aspect ratio 1.85:1).

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.

DVD.

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