Plot Summary:In many ways "The Ditchdigger's Daughters" adheres to the well worn path of a genre best described as the black struggle in an injust white America. But the real plot in this movie revolves around the tyranny of a father and the effect it has on his six daughters as he cajoles, demands, blusters, and drives his daughters to reach for his notion of excellence. Demanding all "A" report cards, prohibiting dating, punishing with housework, and insisting that each daughter aim her sights on a career as a doctor all harken to the underlying fact of his own failure to complete school, and his own view of being poor and black.
卡尔·卢波利,汤米·雷德蒙德·希克斯,纳撒尼尔·李·JR,Susan McWilliams,Big Bill Broonzy,Willie Dixon,Lightnin Hopkins,Son House,Nathaniel Lee Sr.,Bessie Smith,黛娜·华盛顿,Sonny Boy Williamson