This screening includes Daughters of the Dust
- Date and time:
- Fri, Dec 9, 2016, From 6:30–8:22 pm
- Runtime:
- 1 hr 52 min
- Cost:
- Free, but ticketed.
Daughters of the Dust, the first feature film directed by an African American woman to receive theatrical distribution in the U.S., engrosses the viewer in early 20th-century Gullah life. The film follows three generations of Peazant family women as they prepare to leave the island their ancestors were brought to as slaves over a century earlier for opportunities up north. The lyrical magic-realist qualities of the film meld with historic truths to create a sense of uncommon understanding.