Children of the Dust (miniseries)
| Children of the Dust | |
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| Also known as | ''A Good Day to Die'' |
| 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(s) | Mark Snow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) |
Joyce Eliason Frank Konigsberg Harold Lee Tichenor |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | February 26 – February 28, 1995 |
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.
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.
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.
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