TUESDAY, Nov. 5, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST in Cruz Bay

Daughters of Dust playing at St. John School of the Arts Tuesday Nov. 5th at 7:30

Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 independent film written, directed and produced by Julie Dash; it is the first feature film by an African-American woman distributed theatrically in the United States. It tells the story of three generations of Gullah women in the Peazant family on St. Helena Island in 1902, as they prepare to migrate to the North.  Featuring an unusual narrative device, the film is told by the Unborn Child. Ancestors are part of the movie, as the Peazant family has lived on the island since their first people were brought as slaves centuries before. The movie gained critical praise, for its rich language and use of song, and lyrical use of visual imagery. It won  the Cinematography Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.