#daughtersofthedust

[leilafrom5to7]

#writing #daughtersofthedust #ancestors #sankofa

[repressandobsess]

Daughters of the Dust

Daughters of the Dust is not your typical afrofuturist film, being devoid of obvious themes like CGI robot villains or a technologically advanced dystopia. Initially I wouldn’t have felt that this film was afrofuturist at all. A touching story depicting the generations that build a family? Yes. A heartwarming tale of the excitement and uncertainty of new beginnings? Indeed. An afrofuturist story? Hard no. But my indoctrination into this genre is a steady, slow-going process and I can admit that I overlooked key aspects of the film that add the usual charm of science fiction and fantasy.

What I love about the use of technology in this film is the way it is used to enhance the familial narrative rather than acting as a representation of class. For the time period, I was surprised to see black people who could afford a camera, and my initial impression was that Viola and Mr. Snead were returning home to bask in their better living and newfound wonders on the mainland. Instead, the camera added to the idea of lineage and represented a bridge between those on the island and those moving to the mainland. The subject of the photo matters as much as the camera itself, and here the Peazant family can hold the image of themselves as a whole before the majority make their move off the island, presumably for the last time.

Another element I really enjoyed from Daughters of the Dust was the magical realism. I think one needs to look no further than the film's narrator for how magical realism can be a special tool to enhance the plot of a story. I personally loved the choice of using the unborn baby to narrate, I found her sweet and childlike voice to be a welcome contrast to the tenseness of the film. Hearing her input gave the idea that this truly was a film about a family coming together before they eventually become divided by the changing times, especially when you consider the bond that a new child usually evokes within a family. The magical realism of the child is seen not only in her sharp narration, but in what her character represents. She appears before other characters as a vision several times throughout the film, and each time she acts as an anchor for a character battling a major emotion. Her presence is almost a signal for the audience that life will continue to move on past any hardship, and that your plights are never all your own. As you grow older, you create your own lineage and every hardship you encounter becomes wisdom to pass along for them.

#3 #DaughtersoftheDust #HelloProfessor

[hoodoogardens]

Daughters of the Dust (1991)

#hoodoo #gullah #gullahgeechee #geechee #children #black girl #black boy #siblings #ocean #sea #african #black american #african american #daughters of the dust #daughtersofthedust #bubbles #blowing bubbles #waves #beach

[charmainen]

#juliedash #Daughtersofthedust #film

[adoredwords]

Daughters of the Dust (1991)

#daughtersofthedust #barbaraojones #alvarogers #juliedash

[behavingwhileblack]

I missed Ava DuVernay’s talk at BAM but I got a chance to hang with the Array team at Afropunk and show my support for black movie history. I’ve been a fan of Ava’s since one of her earlier works, I Will Follow, and this woman continues to amaze me film after film. I admire her tenacity for telling diverse stories and appreciate her commitment to advancing the voices and the visions of women and POC in film. I’m patiently awaiting her next project, Central Park Five, which she’s currently filming in NYC. This film, based on a true story, will blow your mind, and by the looks of the cast, will sure to be an Oscar contender... . . . #avaduvernay #array #arraynow #arrayrebel #arraypunk #afropunk #brooklyn #blackmoviehistory #blackfilm #iwillfollow #centralparkfive #blackfilmmakers #blackwomeninfilm #juliedash #daughtersofthedust #blackgirlmagic #blackcinema #diversityinfilm #blackindiefilm (at Afropunk Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm8HhJzHEDf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bo9e68ax5rz4

#avaduvernay #array #arraynow #arrayrebel #arraypunk #afropunk #brooklyn #blackmoviehistory #blackfilm #iwillfollow #centralparkfive #blackfilmmakers #blackwomeninfilm #juliedash #daughtersofthedust #blackgirlmagic #blackcinema #diversityinfilm #blackindiefilm

[fashionartfilmalien]

In honor of Juneteenth, I saw a beautiful film the first wife theatrical release by a Black female director Julie Dash. 1991’s Daughters of the Dust is a mystical, evocative, visually gorgeous film about the struggle between the past and present, the old remaining true to its land, it’s past and history and the restless new wanting to move on. #daughtersofthedust #juliedash #juneteenth #filmnerd https://www.instagram.com/p/CQU81CiB-Tz/?utm_medium=tumblr

#daughtersofthedust #juliedash #juneteenth #filmnerd

[listening2images]

#TimeTravel “the ancestor and the womb, they are the same” ♾ clips + stills from ‘daughters of the dust’ (1993) directed by #JulieDash cinematography by #ArthurJafa —— #ListeningToImages #Archives #SonicFrequency #Moodboard #HapticImages #ArchiveOfArchives #BlackVisuals #BlackGaze #DigitalArchives #AfricanArchives #Listening2Images #CathodeRay #CathodeRayStudio #DaughtersOfTheDust #ArthurJafa #Cinematography #AfricanAncestors #AfricanSpirituality #IgboLanding #AncestralHealing (at Igbo Landing) https://www.instagram.com/p/COc6WG8JYcn/?igshid=wwpi8t6dvot7

#timetravel #juliedash #arthurjafa #listeningtoimages #archives #sonicfrequency #moodboard #hapticimages #archiveofarchives #blackvisuals #blackgaze #digitalarchives #africanarchives #listening2images #cathoderay #cathoderaystudio #daughtersofthedust #cinematography #africanancestors #africanspirituality #igbolanding #ancestralhealing

[lastlooksshortfilm]

#Repost @hollywoodsblackrenaissance "Obstacles will always be there, you just have to navigate them. You have to treat it like it's a minefield..Like you're at war...Some of them stop you for a while but you never let them stop you permanently." Words of wisdom from pioneer director #JulieDash 👑 . . #JulieDash #Director #DaughtersoftheDust #BlackFemaleDirectors #BlackWomanDirectors #QueenSugar #Pioneer #BlackWomeninHollywood #PursueYourPasson #Entrepreneur #Entrepreneurs #Motivation #HBRMedia #HollywoodsBlackCamera

#pursueyourpasson #hollywoodsblackcamera #queensugar #daughtersofthedust #blackwomandirectors #blackwomeninhollywood #hbrmedia #repost #director #juliedash #motivation #blackfemaledirectors #pioneer #entrepreneur #entrepreneurs

[godobe]

October #CineWomen column by the skin of my teeth, with reviews of #OntheRocks and #LostinTranslation by #SofiaCoppola, #TheLie by #VeenaSud, #JeanneDielman by #ChantalAkerman, and #DaughtersoftheDust by #JulieDash. annleee.medium.com (link also in bio) 📽 #filmsbywomen #directedbywomen #femalefilmmakers https://www.instagram.com/p/CHBpO7HptUn/?igshid=no87989r43tu

#cinewomen #ontherocks #lostintranslation #sofiacoppola #thelie #veenasud #jeannedielman #chantalakerman #daughtersofthedust #juliedash #filmsbywomen #directedbywomen #femalefilmmakers

[adiamondsrae]

✨🖤✨ Congratulations to #KellyRowland on her second child ! She looks so beautiful! Absolutely stunning ✨😍🖤🥰✨👑✨ Black Are Woman Magical ✨😍🤩✨ ✨🖤🤩✨Films Directed By Black Female Directors ✨🖤🤩✨ ✨#EvesBayou ✨#Pariah ✨#Selma ✨#TheirEyesWereWatchingGod ✨#LifeIsNotAFairytale ✨#NightCatchesUS ✨#DaughtersOfTheDust ✨🖤✨ Jay Ellis from the hit HBO series @insecurehbo by the talented @issarae (her growing empire is phenomenal ), is producing the upcoming Horror film #BlackBox by his company #BlackBarMitzvah . Breaking typical standards of the Hollywood industry and spicing up Horror with game changers like mixing Black Culture/Diversity with the world of Horror ! YASSS PLEASEEE ✨🖤🤩✨ Sent By ✨🖤✨CreepSKWAD Member & Friend ✨🖤✨ @kinga.the.hill has recommended the brilliant and inspiring Black films called Miss.Juneteenth and the film Rocks on Netflix . ✨✨The film 335 recommended to me by my Sent By ✨🖤✨My CreepSKWAD King & My Pumpkin Other Half ✨🖤✨ looks like a bad ass powerful feminine empowering film 🎞 it’s like Charlie’s Angels in the 2000’s BUT BETTER...this is what the revamp of Charlie’s Angels should of been . ✨A 1408 sequel is in talks and I LOVE THAT MINDFUCK of a film . Shutter Island came close to that level of a midfuck but I’d pick 1408 over Shutter Island...classic film ✨💯✨ ✨✨If anyone is in L.A. they are having Drive Inn Dates at the LA Zoo. Just wanted to make sure y’all knew about it ✨🖤✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/CGE_OAJlOMS/?igshid=1sgbqlin9ws8t

#kellyrowland #evesbayou #pariah #selma #theireyeswerewatchinggod #lifeisnotafairytale #nightcatchesus #daughtersofthedust #blackbox #blackbarmitzvah

[trascapades]

🎬 #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackFilms Via @time www.Time.com - 24 Essential Works of Black Cinema Recommended by Black Directors. Calls for greater inclusion in Hollywood have been at the forefront of recent cultural conversations, after decades upon decades of resistance to change. But even as the barriers to entry have been great and opportunities for Black filmmakers less available due to the larger forces of systemic racism, Black artists have been creating remarkable and culturally significant work since the early days of filmmaking, across many genres and styles. The importance and beauty of Black cinema lies not only within its storytelling, but also in the visibility of its creators, both on- and off-camera, as models of what is possible. The ability to tell a story from one’s own perspective and on one’s own terms is freeing, and it has proven essential to the legacy of Black film. Read more and see the list at www.time.com Image credits - Clockwise from top left: #DaughtersoftheDust, #IAmNotYourNegro, #EvesBayou, #KillerofSheep, #TheWatermelonWoman. Cohen Media Group/Everett; Magnolia Pictures/Everett; Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett; Milestone Film & Video/Everett; First Run Features/Everett #TimeMagazine #BlackCinema #BlackFilms #BlackMovies #BlackFilmmakers #EssentialBlackFilms #BlackStorytellers #BlackDirectors #BlackActors #TraScapades #BlackGirlMovieGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuFXDAAwXX/?igshid=solvqth34089

#artisaweapon #blackfilms #daughtersofthedust #iamnotyournegro #evesbayou #killerofsheep #thewatermelonwoman #timemagazine #blackcinema #blackmovies #blackfilmmakers #essentialblackfilms #blackstorytellers #blackdirectors #blackactors #trascapades #blackgirlmoviegeeks

[sweetfox1926]

#Repost @postcreditsdean with @get_repost ・・・ #BlackStoriesMatter Picture credits - @thepowerthread #JulieDash #Gullah #SeaIsland #DaughtersOfTheDust #Illusions #ShortFilm #Beyonce #Lemonade #FeatureFilm #Kanopy #CriterionChannel #BlackWomen #africanamerican #BlackDirectors #WomenDirectors #PeopleOfColor #WomenOfColor #ThePowerThread https://www.instagram.com/p/CC-O6L4szvu/?igshid=1md6h2oqo1q79

#repost #blackstoriesmatter #juliedash #gullah #seaisland #daughtersofthedust #illusions #shortfilm #beyonce #lemonade #featurefilm #kanopy #criterionchannel #blackwomen #africanamerican #blackdirectors #womendirectors #peopleofcolor #womenofcolor #thepowerthread

[fanshen]

Legends @ava and #JulieDash discussing #daughtersofthedust presented by @arraynow and @thebroadmuseum . . . . #blackjoy #cinematography #roots #indiefilm #legends #tellyourstory (at The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA)

#tellyourstory #indiefilm #blackjoy #daughtersofthedust #legends #juliedash #cinematography #roots

[rememberebonyjanice]

#TeacherBae // #PreacherBae: 🍋Yes, I did go to class today in a gold dress and gold bangles tryna manifest some serious #Oshun energy. 💜 🍋Yes, I took a #selfie in class today while my students finished watching #DaughtersOfTheDust. 🙊 🍋Yes We discussed Nana Peazant refusing to let them leave Ibo Landing without a piece of her wrapped up with some herbs and the #Bible. 🍋Yes we giggled about how my black students knew what I was talking about when I started discussing the finger pointed to the sky, tipping out of church before I even explained it because black #rituals are passed on even when (usually when) we have no Clue of the origin. 🍋And yes the conversation about the intentionality in invoking #African #Spirit #Religions And #BlackChurch #culture throughout #Lemonade continued to take us deeper into an exploration of how we might use #religion or #spirituality as a way to shift #culture and organize for #social and #racialJustice. || 🍋Still enjoying teaching. God is good! What a joy it is to be alive! 💜 #Beyonce #Lemonade @beyonce #BeyonceSpiritJustice #thefreepeopleproject (at Starr King School for the Ministry)

#thefreepeopleproject #spirit #selfie #religion #beyoncespiritjustice #social #teacherbae #bible #rituals #blackchurch #culture #religions #lemonade #daughtersofthedust #african #racialjustice #spirituality #oshun #beyonce #preacherbae

[cattyonesartworks]

You have always had a crown, sistah, now is your time to wear it! Still working on this one, but, I already love the concept and feeling...#art#womensday #art#cathib3#instagramartist #afro#crown#blackhistorymonth #blackwomen #artistofspringfieldma #artistofinstagram #women#daughtersofthedust #afrocentricart #afrocentric https://www.instagram.com/p/Buxebu3FgD5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3p3svrp62eke

#art #womensday #cathib3 #instagramartist #afro #crown #blackhistorymonth #blackwomen #artistofspringfieldma #artistofinstagram #women #daughtersofthedust #afrocentricart #afrocentric