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A film of spellbinding visual beauty and brilliant resonant performances, Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust has become a landmark of independent film. With great lyricism, Daughters tells the story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North at the dawn of the 20th Century. Using this simple tale, the film brings to life the changing values, conflicts and struggles that confront every family as they leave their homeland for the promise of a new and better future.

In addition to this emotionally charged epic drama, Daugthers of the Dust explores the unique culture of the Gullah people, descendants of slaves who live in relative isolation on the Sea Islands off the Georgia coast. As the generations struggle with the decision to leave, their rich Gullah heritage and African roots rise to the surface.

Amonst a score of extraordinary performances are Cora Lee Day as Nana, the matriarch of the Peazant clan, Alva Rogers as Eula, who has been raped by a white landowner, and Barbara-O as Yellow Mary, a woman of the world who has come home ‘ruint’ from Cuba. Daughters of the Dust is an African-American treasure; a vitally important work by a major directing talent. ‘A film of visionary power! An unprecedented acheivement in terms of world cinema and African aesthetics.’ -Greg Tate, The Village Voice.

2.50GB | 1 h 52 min | 1024×552 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/E21381FD1A1C5AB/Julie_Dash_-_(1991)_Daughters_of_the_Dust.mkv

Language:English, Gullah
Subtitles:English

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Bush Mama is the story of Dorothy and her husband T.C., a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a “hero’s welcome.” Instead he is falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. Theirs is a world of welfare, perennial unemployment, and despair. To some, the film may appear bleak and nihilistic with its stark black-and-white photography, but its message is moving and distinct.

1.35GB | 1 h 37 min | 710×532 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/EE05EFDB2C29457/Bush_Mama.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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Synopsis
“Jump Cut” wrote:
In CHILD OF RESISTANCE (1972), the camera follows the central figure, a woman dressed in a robe, hands bound, being transported through a barroom into a jail cell, directly outside of which later appears a jury box filled with jurors. Linearity is rejected as space is treated poetically, following the coordinates of a propulsive social idea — the social imprisonment of black women.

524MB | 35m 38s | 608×464 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/73C0008638C5AE0/Child_of_Resistance.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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A film of spellbinding visual beauty and brilliant resonant performances, Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust has become a landmark of independent film. With great lyricism, Daughters tells the story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North at the dawn of the 20th Century. Using this simple tale, the film brings to life the changing values, conflicts and struggles that confront every family as they leave their homeland for the promise of a new and better future.

In addition to this emotionally charged epic drama, Daugthers of the Dust explores the unique culture of the Gullah people, descendants of slaves who live in relative isolation on the Sea Islands off the Georgia coast. As the generations struggle with the decision to leave, their rich Gullah heritage and African roots rise to the surface.

Amonst a score of extraordinary performances are Cora Lee Day as Nana, the matriarch of the Peazant clan, Alva Rogers as Eula, who has been raped by a white landowner, and Barbara-O as Yellow Mary, a woman of the world who has come home ‘ruint’ from Cuba.

Daughters of the Dust is an African-American treasure; a vitally important work by a major directing talent. ‘A film of visionary power! An unprecedented acheivement in terms of world cinema and African aesthetics.’ -Greg Tate, The Village Voice.

https://nitro.download/view/A66C0C93C989EC4/daughters.of.the.dust.1991.dvdrip.xvid.avi
https://nitro.download/view/B0B0710CC2F8DD9/daughters.of.the.dust.commentary.mp3
https://nitro.download/view/E917D88AE3B4695/daughters.of.the.dust.documentary.avi
https://nitro.download/view/D0C9FE09A06CE5F/daughters.of.the.dust.interview.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:none

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