Children of the Dust (miniseries)

*Children of the Dust*
Children of the Dust
Also known as	A Good Day to Die
Genre	Western
Written by	Clancy Carlile (novel); Joyce Eliason (teleplay);
Directed by	David Greene
Starring	Sidney Poitier; Michael Moriarty; Joanna Going; Hart Bochner; Regina Taylor; Billy Wirth; Robert Guillaume; Farrah Fawcett;
Composer	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Joyce Eliason; Frank Konigsberg;
Producer	Harold Lee Tichenor
Production location	Alberta, Canada
Cinematography	Ron Orieux
Editor	Tod Feuerman
Running time	240 minutes
Production companies	The Königsberg Company; Vidmark Entertainment;
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	February 26 –; February 28, 1995

Children of the Dust is an American Western television miniseries, based on Clancy Carlile's 1995 novel of the same name.^[1] Featuring an ensemble cast led by Sidney Poitier, Children of the Dust was originally broadcast by CBS on February 26 and 28, 1995.^[1]

Plot summary[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Loynd, Ray (1995-02-23). "Children of the Dust". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^ "A Good Day to Die (1999)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2021-08-26.

External links[edit]

Children of the Dust at IMDb

[cbs-1] Loynd, Ray (1995-02-23). "Children of the Dust". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-26.

[2] "A Good Day to Die (1999)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2021-08-26.

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