this special rhythmic beat came from africa. but the sounds, we just we couldn t supposedly read and write but we can remember words. we are keeping it alive from one generation to the next generation. and now to this generation. growing up my only other exposure to gullah culture was we i saw daughters of the dust, a ground breaking independent film by writer director julie dash. daughters of the dust is a tribute to her gullah roots. in 2004, the library of congress added it to the national film registry, as she was the first female african-american director to have her film released nationwide. before you get too excited remember this wouldn t 50 or 60 years ago. this film came out in 1991. even though back then hollywood didn t really know what td with a powerful black female, now she works with ava dufour nay.