"DaughtersoftheDust"tellsthestoryofafamilyofAfrican-AmericanswhohavelivedformanyyearsonaSouthernoffshoreisland,andofhowtheycometogetheronedayin1902tocelebratetheirancestorsbeforesomeofthemleavefortheNorth.Thefilmisnarratedbyanunbornchild,andancestorsalreadydeadalsoseemtobeaspresentasthelivingaaa