Children of the Dust

Children of the Dust (1995)

TMDb|7.1
26/02/1995
WesternDrama

Overview

Gypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the US army into a Cheyenne camp to capture a suspected Indian renegade, a long train of events begins that finally lead to that 'good day to die'. White Wolf, only a child, is one of the few survivors of the massacre of his tribe that day, and Gypsy brings him to live with the Maxwell family, where he grows up not fully Indian and not really white but a bit too close to Rachel, the Maxwell daughter. Gypsy now reappears, leading a group of Black settlers from the post-Civil War South to start a new life in a town of their own - Freedom in the Oklahoma Territory, its first black settlement. White Wolf (or Corby as a 'white' name') is now with his people, but all of these parts come back together in conflict, violence, loss, and Pyrric triumph.

Details

Status
Ended
Network
CBS
Type
Miniseries
Original Language
EN
Creators
David Greene
Production Countries
US
Spoken Languages
English

Top Cast

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Sidney Poitier
Sidney PoitierGypsy Smith
Michael Moriarty
Michael MoriartyJohn Maxwell
Farrah Fawcett
Farrah FawcettNora Maxwell
Katharine Isabelle
Katharine IsabelleYoung Rachel
Joanna Going
Joanna GoingRachel
Billy Wirth
Billy WirthCorby/White Wolf
Regina Taylor
Regina TaylorDrusilla
Robert Guillaume
Robert GuillaumeMossburger
Jim Caviezel
Jim CaviezelDexter
John Pyper-Ferguson
John Pyper-FergusonSonny Boy

Seasons

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