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

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.


Author: Julie Dash
Publisher: New Press
Published: 11/01/1992
Pages: 173
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.95h x 7.98w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781565840300
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.