Tommy Hicks

J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise allwhitemale work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, who he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.

A rookie at the Sheriff's department, the first and only black officer, is framed by his colleagues. He teams up with the only woman on the force and work to expose the corruption within the department.

A look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia through the eyes of one family as they prepare to move North at the dawn of the 20th Century.

DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST portrays the unique culture of the Gullah people by focusing on the extended Peazant family as its members struggle with the decision to leave their island and move north. On the eve of their departure, memories of their Gullah history and its African roots come rising to the surface. Part of the National Registry of top U.S. Films.