Daughters of the dust : the making of an African American woman's film / by Julie Dash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dash, Julie.

Contributor:

Bambara, Toni Cade, writer of preface.

hooks, bell, 1952-2021, contributor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dash, Julie.

Daughters of the dust (Motion picture).

African Americans in motion pictures.

African American motion picture producers and directors.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

Dash, Julie (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 173 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Distribution:

New York : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, 1992.

Summary:

Featuring Dash's story and production notes in her own words, this compelling chronicle of her struggle to complete Daughters of the Dust--the first nationally distributed film by an African American woman--is a book that every film buff and student of the art will want to own. Includes 16 pages of full-color photos from the film.

Contents:

Traditional Geechee Recipes

Preface / Toni Cade Bambara

Julie Dash on making Daughters of the Dust

Dialogue between bell hooks and Julie Dash

A Word from Greg Tate

The Script: Daughters of the Dust

Excerpts from Gullah translation of Daughters of the Dust by Ronald Daise

Awards for Daughters of the Dust.

Notes:

"First Edition 1990."

Cover photo: Frank Jarrell.

Includes filmography (page 169) and bibliographical references (page 173).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy inscribed "To Joanna Banks, Best wishes. Julie Dash 11/21/92".

ISBN:

1565840291

1565840305

OCLC:

26398980