Daughters of the Dust

''Daughters of the Dust'' is set in 1902 among the members of the Peazant family, Gullah islanders who live at Igbo Landing on St. Simons Island, off the Georgia coast.<ref name="kviff.com">(2012). [http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/082561-daughters-of-the-dust/ ''Daughters of the Dust'' Synopsis – Archive of Films], Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic. Retrieved February 28, 2017.</ref> Their ancestors were brought there as enslaved people centuries ago, and the islanders developed a language and culture that was creolized from West Africans of Igbo people, Yoruba people, Kikongo, Mende people, and Twi origin. Developed in their relative isolation of large plantations on the islands, the enslaved peoples' unique culture and language have endured over time. Their dialogue is in Gullah creole.<ref name="kviff.com" />