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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Jun 2009

A poetic attempt to re-create a bygone culture as not only a role model for the present but also a positive mythology for the future, the movie's…

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By Richard T (345) on 18 Mar 2009

I guess this film is kind of interesting, the representational style that the director uses to seemingly blend the past with present conditions…

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By Richard Brody (868) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 10 Mar 2009

There’s nothing derivative about Dash’s work; every image, every moment is a full creation…

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By Alec N (65) on 20 Feb 2009

I had no idea what the fuck was going on in this movie. It seemed well made though…

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By Jess B (231) on 09 Nov 2008

Calling daughters of the dust an unusual film is somewhat of an understatement. the film doesn't follow most Hollywood film conventions…

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By Bruce B (1,130) on 12 Oct 2008

A Top Ten Independent Film In My Book. Outstanding movie, a eye opener to some unkown history in the United States…

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By Epifania A (74) on 02 Sep 2008

A classic and poetic piece of personalized history of Africa-in-globalizations in the shape of the Gullah community, who are still in existence…

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By Private U (13,627) on 20 May 2008

Beautiful story. Visually stunning. Excellent soundtrack…

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By Robin S (175) on 02 Feb 2008

A very unique film and a valuable addition to the canon of great films on slavery…

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By Joy D (48) on 02 Feb 2008

Met Julie Dash and saw it at a private screening when it first came out…

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By Gordon B (705) on 21 Nov 2007

It's a beautiful film with striking imagery, but it's also overlong and overcontemplative, a favorite among film studies as an example of a…

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By Inger N (1) on 21 Nov 2007

It's a beautiful film with striking imagery, but it's also overlong and overcontemplative, a favorite among film studies as an example of a…

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By Joseph B (617) on 11 Oct 2007

Pasionate and visually stunning movie of gullah culture in the islands off georgia and south carolina…

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By D.l. W (5) on 26 Sep 2007

Daughters of the Dust is a movie that provides a look at the Gullah cuture in the 1900's…

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By Odeana N (7) on 06 Sep 2007

My favorite movie in the whole world. I could watch it again and again. In fact, I have…

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By Paulette N (5) on 17 Aug 2007

This was one of the first independent films that I saw at the theater, and I was blown away. The cinematography is beautiful…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Feb 2007

The resources of the beautiful locations are exploited to the utmost, and [director Julie] Dash can be credited with an original, daring, and…

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By Terri M (107) on 07 Feb 2007

Loved it. I made me want to go live there and connect with the people…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 02 Feb 2006

In the hands of director Julie Dash and photographer Arthur Jafa, this nonlinear film becomes visual poetry, a wedding of imagery and rhythm…

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By Catriona O'shaughnessy (2) for Time Out (7,510) on 26 Jan 2006

Steeped in symbolism, superstition and myth, this disconcertingly original film is structured in tableaux which jump through time…

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