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Daughters of the Dust

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Daughters of the Dust." A film that portrays the unique culture of the Gullah people by focusing on the extended Peazant family as its members struggle with the decision to leave their island and move north. On the eve of their departure, memories of their Gullah history and its African roots come rising to the surface. Winner of Cinematography at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.

Rolling Stone

Running Time: 80 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Philip Bourneur, Shepperd Strudwick, Arthur Franz, Edward Binns, Robin Raymond, Barbara Nichols, William Leicester

director: Fritz Lang

PETER TRAVERS - September 10, 2009

Michael Douglas is the only life in this dull party playing a politically motivated prosecutor who may be tampering with evidence to boost his conviction record. At least that’s the thinking of Jesse Metcalf (right, the shirtless stud from Desperate Housewives) as a reporter trying to make his case with the unwitting help of the DA’s hottie assistant (Amber Tamblyn). How to nail the smooth old rascal? The reporter gets himself arrested for murder, having his cameraman colleague (Joel David…