Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film - Softcover

Dash, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565840305 ISBN 13: 9781565840300

Publisher: The New Press, 1992

Synopsis

In the winter of 1992, nearly one hundred years after motion pictures were invented, the first nationally distributed feature by an African American woman was released in the United States. The film tells the story of an African American sea-island family preparing to come to the mainland at the turn of the century. In her richly textured, highly visual, lyrical portrayal of the day of the departure, Julie Dash evokes the details of a persisting African culture and the tensions between tradition and assimilation. Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman’s Film, which includes Dash’s complete screenplay, describes the story of her extraordinary sixteen-year struggle to complete the project.

About this title

About the Author:

Julie Dash is an American filmmaker. Her 1991 film Daughters of the Dust was the first full-length film by an African American woman with general theatrical release in the United States. Daughters of the Dust was included in the National Film Registry in 2004.

Review:

A haunting film rich in visual beauty. A mystical examination of what it means to honor and cherish family. -- Siskel & Ebert, "At the Movies"

Daughters of the Dust is a beautiful book to delight the most demanding tastes. It is also an important book--the history of film is incomplete without it. -- Toni Morrison

Daughters of the Dust very much has a power all of its own. -- Los Angeles Times

About this edition

• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1565840305
• ISBN 13: 9781565840300
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 173