Friday, December 4· Time TBD
On Cinematography: Arthur Jafa in conversation with Bradford Young, preceded by a screening of Daughters of the Dust
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Event Hero – hello from a dynamic block! Two-column Content – hello from a dynamic block! Artists Bios – hello from a dynamic block! Director: Julie Dash 1991 / 112 min Daughters of the Dust follows the Peazant family, a Gullah Geechee household on South Carolina’s Sea Islands, as they weigh joining the Great
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Migration north at the turn of the twentieth century. Directed by Julie Dash and shot by cinematographer Arthur Jafa, the film abandons linear storytelling for a circular, visually lush meditation on memory, migration, and inheritance, tracing how West African and Yoruba traditions persist within a Gullah community balancing the pull of modernity against the weight of ancestral roots. Artists Bios – hello from a dynamic block!