Daughters of the Dust (1992)
Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America.
7 Kinolab Clips
What's Past is Prologue
Mary (Barbara O. Jones) and Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce) Peazant travel home to Ibo Landing in anticipation of the family moving North.
Duration: 00:05:08
Timestamp: 00:01:45
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
The Ancestor and the Womb
Nana Peazant (Cora Lee Day) urges Eli (Adisa Anderson) to connect with his ancestors and his wife's unborn child.
Duration: 00:10:00
Timestamp: 00:15:53
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Yellow Mary
Mary Peazant (Barbara O. Jones) is greeted by the family upon her return to Ibo Landing.
Duration: 00:04:05
Timestamp: 00:33:09
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Scraps of Memories
Nana (Cora Lee Day)'s granddaughters debate about leaving her to go North.
Duration: 00:04:20
Timestamp: 00:53:34
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Ibo Landing
Eula (Alva Rogers) and Eli (Adisa Anderson) Peazant recall the story of Ibo Landing.
Duration: 00:04:10
Timestamp: 01:14:20
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Eula's Speech
Eula (Alva Rogers) pleads with the family to change their mindset before they leave Ibo Landing.
Duration: 00:09:01
Timestamp: 01:30:55
Contributor: Sophia Blaha
Closing Sequence
The Peazant family moves to the North.
Duration: 00:04:44
Timestamp: 01:44:45
Contributor: Sophia Blaha