Julie Dash - Books

Books

  • With Toni Cade Bambara and bell hooks, Dash wrote Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film (1992). The book includes the screenplay.
  • Dash wrote Daughters of the Dust: A Novel (1997), a sequel set 20 years after the passage explored in the film. Amelia, a young anthropology student who grew up in Harlem, goes to Dawtah Island to meet her mother's relatives and learn about their culture. It was selected in 2011 for the Charleston County Public Library's "One Book Program".
  • She is working on a romantic trilogy for Dutton-Signet publishers.

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