Daughters of the Dust (1992)

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NR | 1 hr 53 mins | Drama, Period, Experimental | Released: 1/15/1992

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Synopsis:

Story of the migration of a Gullah family, descendants of African slaves, from islands off the South Carolina coast, to the North in the 1900s. The film focuses on women as the transmitters of tradition and culture.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/15/1992

Director	Credit
Julie Dash	Director
Cast	Credit
Adisa Anderson	Eli Peazant
Barbara O	Yellow Mary
Cheryl Lynn Bruce	Viola
Cora Lee Day	Nana Peazant
Geraldine Dunston	Viola's Mother
Vertamae Grovensor	Hairbraider
Tommy Hicks	Mr Snead
Kaycee Moore	Haagar
Eartha Robinson	Myown
Alva Rogers	Eula Peazant
Cornell Royal (`Kofi')	Daddy Mac
Catherine Tarver	Woman with Baby
Bahni Turpin	Iona Peazant
Kai-Lynn Warren	The Unborn Child
Trula Hoosier	Trula
Umar Ubdurrahman	Bilal
Malik Farrakhan	Newlywed Man
Sherry Jackson	Older Cousin
Ervin Green	Baptist Minister
Marcus Humphrey	Boatman
Bernard Wilson	Boatman
Althea Lang	Newlywed Woman
Jasmine Lee	Peazant Baby
Dalisia Robinson	Peazant Baby
Willie Faulkner	Peazant Man
Joe Taylor	Peazant Man
Frank Brown	Peazant Man
Rueben Fripp	Peazant Man
Derrick Coaxum	Peazant Boy
Jared Warren	Peazant Child
Zenovia Green	Peazant Child
Taira Miller	Peazant Child
Tiffanye Hills	Peazant Child
Jamer Freeman	Pete
Detrell Freeman	Re-Pete
Vivian Dawson	Rice Husker
Inez Griffin	Rice Husker
M Cochise Anderson	St Julen Lastchild
Darrel Cook	Moss Gatherer
Julius Cook	Moss Gatherer
Benjamin Gillens	Minister's Assistant
Ronald Daise	Processional Man
Marie Smalls	Woman Being Baptizied
Lonnie Moon	Baptismal Processional Member
DeWitt Parker	Baptismal Processional Member
Emma Robinson	Baptismal Processional Member
Taylor Thompson	Baptismal Processional Member
Virginia Green	Baptismal Processional Member
Maceo Griffin	Baptismal Processional Member
Archie Thomas	Baptismal Processional Member
Raymond Paige	Baptismal Processional Member
Ervena Falkner	Baptismal Processional Member
J R Wilson	Baptismal Processional Member
Wilhemina Wilson	Baptismal Processional Member
Tarell Brown
Shanna Parker
Belle White
Stanley White
Maxine Royale
Georgia Wiggins
Carolyn Garris
Ella Powell
Bernice Jenkins
Lilian Johnson
Jackie Parker
Sharria Johnson	Young Nana Peazant
Leroy Simmons Jr	Young Daddy Mac
Leroy Simmons Jr	Shad Peazant
Afemo Omilami
Taira Miller
Holiday Marble
Sparkle Duncan
Teddy Gross
Guadalupe Jones
Rudy Costa
Augusta Stone
Charles Burnett
Production Credits	Credit
Lindsay Law	Executive Producer
Julie Dash	Producer
J Bernard Nicholas	Associate Producer
Pam R Jackson	Associate Producer
Arthur Jafa	Producer
Floyd Webb	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Geechee Girls Productions	Production Company
American Playhouse Theatrical Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Kino Productions	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
BFI Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
American Playhouse Theatrical Films	Domestic TV Distributor
Star Kino Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
Georgia, USA
Writer	Credit
Julie Dash	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Ricardo Butler	Set Dresser
Diogenette Williams	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Michael Kelly Williams	Art Director
Kerry Marshall	Production Designer
Christopher Brown	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Brian Culbertson	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Casting	Credit
Len Hunt	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Sergeant Whites's Diner	Catering
Blanche Sypher	Craft Service - craft services
Film Camera	Credit
R E Henry Sunshine	Camera - camera truck driver/grip
Keith Ward	Dailies - dailies editor
John E. Allen	Film Lab - laboratory
William Hudson	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Arthur Jafa	Director of Photography
Arthur Jafa	Camera Operator
Sharon Pryor	Camera Assistant - camera production assistant
N'Jai Kai	Camera Operator
Tommy Burns	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jimmie Fielder	Camera Assistant - camera production assistant
Robin Melhuish	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Jack Rouben	Music - music mixer & engineer
Rosa Parrilla	Song Performer - vocalist
John Barnes Jr	Original Music - original music score
Bill Summers	Music Performer - authentic African percussions & vocal coordination
Bill Summers	Music - African percussions & vocals
Manoocheher Sadeghi	Music Performer - eastern percussions
Valentina Soares	Song Performer - vocalist
Abiola	Song Performer - vocalist
Jesus Pedro Orta	Music - African percussions & vocals
Ashhd Kahn	Music Performer - eastern percussions
Menge Hernandez	Music - African percussions & vocals
Dianne Richburg	Song Performer - vocalist
Felicidad	Song Performer - vocalist
Francis Awe	Music - African percussions & vocals
Elo	Music - African percussions & vocals
Yvette Bostic	Song Performer - vocalist
Radhaz	Song Performer - vocalist
Hanif Noor Mohammed	Song Performer - vocalist
Allen Fovary II	Song Performer - vocalist
Micki Butler	Song Performer - vocalist
Production Management	Credit
Nanette Guidebeck	Assistant Production Coordinator
Eric Mofford	Location Manager
C C Barnes	Assistant Director
Amy Carey	Post-Production Supervisor
Teresa M Yarbrough	Production Coordinator
Steven Jones	Line Producer
Nandi Bowe	Assistant Director
J Miller Tobin	Assistant Director
Larry Meistrich	Assistant Director
Public Relations	Credit
Schecter Communications	Publicity publicity
Sound	Credit
Kris Campbell	ADR Editor
Veda Campbell	Sound Recordist
Doug Blush	Sound Effects Editor
Michael Payne	Sound Editor
Chris Sibert	Boom Operator
Taira Miller	ADR - ADR Voice
Jeremy Hoenack	Sound Mixer - recording mixer
Ray Greene	Sound Effects Editor
Robert Manahan	Sound Mixer - recording mixer
Afemo Omilami	ADR - ADR Voice
Melissa Sherwood Hoffman	Sound Mixer - recording mixer
Sabrina Stephenson	Sound Effects Editor
Jeff Schiro	Sound Effects Editor
Joseph Zappala	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Willard Stephens	Special Effects
John E. Allen	Titles and Opticals - titles & opticals
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Arline Burks	Costume Designer
Pamela Ferrell	Hair Stylist
Rose Chatterton	Makeup Supervisor
Tiffany Taylor	Set Costumer
Bryan A Seabrook	Makeup Assistant - assistant makeup
Wilhamine Wilson	Wardrobe Assistant
Gloria Polke	Wardrobe - seamstress

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