Daughters Of The Dust Analysis

"Daughters of the Dust," is an independent film that features the debut of Julie Dash, an African-American woman filmmaker. This film focuses on the psychic and spiritual conflicts among the women of the Peazant family, with a reference to the past harsh judgment of slavery and minority hardship. In making this movie, Julie wants to show the power of African cultural and spiritual strength of the women who have spent generations being its protectors. For me, this film overall was confusing, to which I couldn’t understand what’s the movie was about until midway of the movie. The first confusing part of this film was the introduction. In the introduction, there was narrator who speaks about 5 minutes into the film while showing the character faces, in such a strange way that its difficult to comprehend.
Throughout this film, most of the acting seems pretty believable, however, at the scene of the argument between Eli and the grandmother, Nana, the actor that portrays Eli, I think was overreacting quiet a bit, to which it doesn’t seem believable. Another error that I found from watching this film was the soundtracks. Throughout the film, most of the soundtracks was pretty
It also focused on the personalities of the women, for each one represented a different voice in a timeless argument between old and modern tradition, adaptation and segregation. From watching the film, I emerged feeling slightly confused and overwhelmed with the details, but also deeply and thoroughly pleased with how the film turns out. Since this is an independent film, it does make sense that there will be issues throughout the film. Some issues could be involving less money, poor film production, or just the inexperience of a new filmmaker. In conclusion, with this being my first time watching an indie film, I’m glad that I was able to gain a new experience through watching this