Daughters of the Dust

1991

Action / Drama / History / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 66% · 82 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 3740 3.7K

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Plot summary

In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.

Director

Julie Dash Photo
Julie Dash

Top cast

Tony King Photo
Tony King as Newlywed Man
Cora Lee Day Photo
Cora Lee Day as Nana Peazant
Vertamae Grosvenor Photo
Vertamae Grosvenor as Hairbraider
Sherry Jackson Photo
Sherry Jackson as Older Cousin
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1.01 GB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 4
1.87 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by duho-26181 6 / 10

If only...

I really wanted to like this, but other than visually, there wasn't much to appreciate. A stronger storyline would have been nice.It does however inspire me to visit the area and look into the history, but I wish the movie itself had told me more.Kudos for the effort.
Reviewed by mizkwebb-1 1 / 10

Don't Believe the Hype

I'll start by saying that I usually like non-linear movies, and that I'm interested in African-American history and the Gullah people. That said, this movie was one of the all-time worst I have ever seen. There's no plot, no character development, and no way to determine what the relationships between most of the characters are. It's as if you were dropped from the sky into the midst of this somewhat unsympathetic bunch of women (the men are ciphers, no personalities at all, merely an afterthought), and during the time you are there they don't speak to you and reveal nothing about themselves. The Gullah dialect is almost impossible to understand, and there are no subtitles. Yeah, the cinematography is nice, but save yourself a couple bucks and watch a PBS show. It's obvious that the ONLY reason many people are so entranced by this film is that it was the first independent film by an African-American woman.
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