Fieldwork Footage

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Fieldwork Footage (1928)

Directed by Zora Neale Hurston

Documentary · 3m

Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas (her former Columbia professor) and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale Hurston spent nearly two years, from 1927 to 1929, studying the folkloric customs, work songs, spirituals, and vernacular language of African American communities along the River Road and from New Orleans to Florida.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Zora Neale Hurston
Director of Photography
Zora Neale Hurston

Details

Release date
1928-01-08
Runtime
3m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America