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Daughters of the Dust | Stream Now on Kanopy and Criterion Channel and Available to Rent on Prime Video
Did you know that this 1991 movie, released more than 70 years after the earliest films, was the first movie theatrically released in the U.S. from a Black female director? Every Black female director owes a debt to Julie Dash, not just for this milestone accomplishment, but also for making a darn great movie filled with bold visual choices, inventive non-linear storytelling, and covering an underexposed part of our Black culture. — Hanelle
Did you know that this 1991 movie, released more than 70 years after the earliest films, was the first movie theatrically released in the U.S. from a Black female director? Every Black female director owes a debt to Julie Dash, not just for this milestone accomplishment, but also for making a darn great movie filled with bold visual choices, inventive non-linear storytelling, and covering an underexposed part of our Black culture. — Hanelle
PeopleTrula Hoosier, Barbara O, Alva Rogers
TitlesDaughters of the Dust