Imitation of Life (1958)

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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.
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Studio: Universal Pictures Studio: Universal Pictures
Release Date: Jan 1, 1958
Running Time: 125 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Douglas Sirk
synopsis
Story follows the lives of two mothers and their relationships to their only child daughters. The one mother, a successful actress, has grown distant from her daughter. The other is the black housekeeper to the actress whose own light-skinned daughter can pass for white and decides to disown any connection to her race, much to her mother's heartbreak.
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Lora Meredith
Steve Archer
Susie Meredith--Age 16
David Edwards
Sarah Jane--Age 18
Allen Loomis
Annie Johnson
Susie--Age 6
Herself
Sarah Jane--Age 8
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