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  • Daughters of the Dust

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    • COHEN MEDIA GROUP
    • Julie Dash
    • Drama

    Cast:   Alva Rogers, Bahni Turpin, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce

    Synopsis:  Maria At the dawn of the 20th century, a multigenerational family in the Gullah community in the Sea Islands off of South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions -- suffers a generational split. An older group of sisters return after migrating north to New York with intentions of bringing the rest of their family back across the water to the mainland with them. But, tensions arrive when the newly Americanized sisters view their homeland’s way of living as backwards, all while Nana, the family elder who embodies the traditions and folklore of their African roots, is struggling to keep the family together and to pass on the knowledge of their ancestors.