Julie Dash’s Daughters Of The Dust is having its 25th anniversary and just had a highly publicized restoration by the Cohen Media Group.  The movie is screening around the country in celebration of the anniversary. Beyonce’s Lemonade visuals referenced Dash’s film and made it re-enter pop culture. Dash’s feature set inContinue Reading
[youtube id=”tDbiZwu4BBs”] Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust was the first theatrical release of a feature film by a Black woman when it was released in 1991. The story about a southern Gullah family at the beginning of the 20th century had poetic cinematography and was narrated from the standpoint ofContinue Reading
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pete Rock (@realpeterock) Is Pete Rock right about so-called Mumble Rappers “not respecting the culture” and being weak rappers? [youtube id=”zdMxR2M_ddM”] Did Beyonce finance the restoration of Julie Dash’s Daughters Of The Dust because of how it inspired her LemonadeContinue Reading