i am a big fan of this film and found the tv mini series children of the dust and the version fans should look for. at least 20 minutes or more are cut on the dvd version of this film. i would also suggest viewers who enjoyed this film to check out the book there is a more rounded storyline with corby or whitewolf and rachel and more on black history and buffalo solders. there were two many storylines for the series or this film. sidney poitier only shows he gets better with age and the talent just keeps growing the chemistry between his character of gypsy smith and regina taylor were wonderful viewing. i also enjoyed the billy wirth or joanna going storyline and they seems to play off each other well. billy wirth is of course the model of indian vision. the look and the attitude and the dream of every woman who was wanted to be carried off in one of those romance novels by a native hero. worked for me also. much more could have been done with this storyline but it did give the viewer a brief glimpse of racial problems back in the 1880  and white take over of native schooling and lack of black pioneers to setup towns in the west. michael moriarty (maxwell) as always a great actor comes across as a very caring and confused teacher and not sure if the whites should be interfering with native culture. for anyone who enjoys characters and watching them change this film is for you. i thought the chemistry between poitier character and that of the orphan whitewolf very moving and thought wirth and poitier worked very well together. billy wirth did some of his best scenes when working with poitier. going got on my nerves sometimes when you want to just stop and shake her or give her a wake up and grown up call. but on the whole it was a great evening of entertainment. look for the two tape version of this mini series if you are a fan you will really see the difference. 
i am a big fan of this film and found the tv mini series children of the dust and the version fans should look for. at least 20 minutes or more are cut on the dvd version of this film. i would also suggest viewers who enjoyed this film to check out the book there is a more rounded storyline with corby or whitewolf and rachel and more on black history and buffalo solders. there were two many storylines for the series or this film. sidney poitier only shows he gets better with age and the talent just keeps growing the chemistry between his character of gypsy smith and regina taylor were wonderful viewing. i also enjoyed the billy wirth or joanna going storyline and they seems to play off each other well. billy wirth is of course the model of indian vision. the look and the attitude and the dream of every woman who was wanted to be carried off in one of those romance novels by a native hero. worked for me also. much more could have been done with this storyline but it did give the viewer a brief glimpse of racial problems back in the 1880  and white take over of native schooling and lack of black pioneers to setup towns in the west. michael moriarty (maxwell) as always a great actor comes across as a very caring and confused teacher and not sure if the whites should be interfering with native culture. for anyone who enjoys characters and watching them change this film is for you. i thought the chemistry between poitier character and that of the orphan whitewolf very moving and thought wirth and poitier worked very well together. billy wirth did some of his best scenes when working with poitier. going got on my nerves sometimes when you want to just stop and shake her or give her a wake up and grown up call. but on the whole it was a great evening of entertainment. look for the two tape version of this mini series if you are a fan you will really see the difference. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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