"Daughters of the Dust" tells the story of a family of African-Americans who have lived for many years on a Southern offshore island, and of how they come together one day in 1902 to celebrate their ancestors before some of them leave for the North. The film is narrated by an unborn child, and ancestors already dead also seem to be as present as the living....
丹尼尔（丹尼尔·特拉维斯 Daniel Travis 饰）和苏珊（布兰查·瑞恩 Blanchard Ryan 饰）难得抽空飞往巴哈玛群岛度假，本想借机修复日渐疏远的夫妻关系，可是这个假期从开始便不如意。酒店房间的空调故障，难耐的高温天气加之夜间成群的蚊虫的叮咬令二人疲惫不堪，好不容易熬到出海潜水，两人终于可以彻底的放松。深海的神奇美景不断给二人带给惊喜，以至于他们陶醉其中错过上船时间，粗心的导游在草率的清点游客之后便驾船返航。浮出水面的二人在发现被抛弃之后，起初还在等着导游发现少了两个人会及时返航救他们，但随着时间推移，二人开始意识到所面临的危险。水母，鲨鱼轮番袭来，加之难耐的饥饿与体能极限，汪洋之中二人在等待中的慢慢绝望……...
