Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

Born 7 January 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Died 28 January 1960 (aged 69)

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.

Writer

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2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God Novel
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2001
The Gilded Six Bits Writer

Actor

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1940
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 Herself
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1928
Fieldwork Footage
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2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space Self (archive footage)
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2008
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun Self (archive footage)

Director

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1940
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 Director
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1928
Fieldwork Footage Director
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1929
Ethnographic Films Director
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1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves Director

Cinematographer

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1928
Fieldwork Footage Director of Photography
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1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves Camera Operator