Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

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Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 (1940)

Directed by Zora Neale Hurston

Documentary · 42m

Field recordings of religious services in a South Carolina Gullah community. Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 is a 1940 short documentary film which shows religious services taking place in a South Carolina Gullah community. In 2005, Commandment Keeper Church was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Cast

Zora Neale Hurston Herself
R
Reverend George Washington Himself
I
Izora Robinson Self
H
Hugh Washington Self
M
May Belle Washington Self
C
Carrie Belle Washington Self
H
Hattie Mae Washington Self
J
Julia Jones Self
H
Henry Moore Self
R
Reuben Stephenson Self
W
Willie Robinson Self
F
Frank Bates Self

Crew

Director
Zora Neale Hurston

Details

Release date
1940-03-24
Runtime
42m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America