- Source: Children of the Dust (miniseries)
Children of the Dust is an American Western television miniseries, based on Clancy Carlile's 1995 novel of the same name. Featuring an ensemble cast led by Sidney Poitier, Children of the Dust was originally broadcast by CBS on February 26 and 28, 1995.
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
Sidney Poitier as Gypsy Smith
Michael Moriarty as John Maxwell
Joanna Going as Rachel Maxwell
Hart Bochner as Shelby Hornbeck
Regina Taylor as Drusilla
Billy Wirth as Corby White / White Wolf
Shirley Knight as Aunt Bertha
Grace Zabriskie as Rose
James Caviezel as Dexter
Robert Guillaume as Jolson Mossburger
Farrah Fawcett as Nora Maxwell
John Pyper-Ferguson as Sonny Boy
Katharine Isabelle as Young Rachel (as Katherine Isobel)
Byron Chief-Moon as Chief Walks-The-Clouds
Jesse Lipscombe as Clarence
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.
References
External links
Children of the Dust at IMDb
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