6.8 /10 1 Votes
Also known as ''A Good Day to Die'' Initial release 26 February 1995 | 6.8/10 Country of origin United States Director David Greene Music director Mark Snow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Sidney PoitierMichael MoriartyJoanna GoingHart BochnerRegina TaylorBilly WirthRobert GuillaumeFarrah Fawcett Cast Similar Sidney Poitier movies, Westerns |
Children of the dust
Children of the Dust is an American Western television miniseries, based on Clancy Carlile's Children of the Dust (novel). Featuring an ensemble cast led by Sidney Poitier, Children of the Dust was originally broadcast by CBS on February 26 and 28, 1995.
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- Children of the dust
- Children of the dust 1995 full length western movie
- Plot summary
- Cast
- DVD
- References

Children of the dust 1995 full length western movie
Plot summary

In the Oklahoma Territory of the late 1880s, Gypsy Smith (Poitier) is a bounty hunter of African American and Cherokee descent. Smith helps African American homesteaders to settle the territory under the specter of Jim Crow. Meanwhile, a young Native American raised by Whites (Wirth) must choose between the woman that he loves (Going) or his Cheyenne heritage.
Cast

DVD

On September 20, 1999, the miniseries was released on DVD, under the title A Good Day to Die. However, it was pared down to 120 minutes, and significant portions of the production were omitted.
