Children of the Dust (miniseries)

Children of the Dust
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
Production
Producer(s)	Joyce Eliason Frank Konigsberg Harold Lee Tichenor
Running time	240 minutes
Release
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).^[1] 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 - Gypsy Smith
• Michael Moriarty - John Maxwell
• Joanna Going - Rachel Maxwell
• Hart Bochner - Shelby Hornbeck
• Regina Taylor - Drusilla
• Billy Wirth - Corby White / White Wolf
• Shirley Knight - Aunt Bertha
• Grace Zabriskie - Rose
• James Caviezel - Dexter
• Robert Guillaume - Jolson Mossburger
• Farrah Fawcett - Nora Maxwell
• John Pyper-Ferguson - Sonny Boy
• Katharine Isabelle - Young Rachel (as Katherine Isobel)
• Byron Chief-Moon - Chief Walks-The-Clouds
• Jesse Lipscombe - 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 the Internet Movie Database