| Alt Name: | A Good Day to Die |
| Genre: | Western |
| Composer: | Mark Snow |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Director: | David Greene |
| Producer: | Harold Lee Tichenor |
| Location: | Alberta, Canada |
| Cinematography: | Ron Orieux |
| Editor: | Tod Feuerman |
| Runtime: | 240 minutes |
| Network: | CBS |
Children of the Dust is an American Western television miniseries, based on Clancy Carlile's 1995 novel of the same name.[1] Featuring an ensemble cast led by Sidney Poitier, Children of the Dust was originally broadcast by CBS on February 26 and 28, 1995.
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.
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.[2]