Daughters of the Dust (1991)

 

Release Date: January 3, 1992

Director: Alton Glass

Writer(s): Julie Dash

Starring: Kaycee Moore, Cora Lee Day, Cheryl Lynn Bruce

Estimated Budget: $800,000

U.S. Box office: $1.6 million

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At the dawn of the 20th century, a family in the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions -- suffers a generational split. Young Haagar (Kaycee Moore) wants to move to the mainland away from tradition-bound matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day). Former prostitute Yellow Mary (Barbara-O) gets a cold shoulder when she returns to the island with her female lover, especially from her sister Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce).

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