The State of Things with Frank Stasio
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Daughters of the Dust
Filmmaker Julie Dash made history with her movie, “Daughters of the Dust.” In 1991, it became the first full-length feature by an African-American woman to receive a general theatrical release. The critically acclaimed movie tells the story of the Peazant family, a clan of Gullah Island dwellers who are divided by the decision to leave their isolated life and move to the mainland. “Daughters of the Dust” will be screened at The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University on Thursday as part of the new “Seeing Black” film series. Host Frank Stasio talks with Dash and with series co-curator Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell about their reflections of the film 20 years later.
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