Fieldwork Footage
1928 · Movie · 3 min · ★ 5.7
While a student of anthropologist Franz Boas at Columbia University, Zora Neale Hurston embarked on a journey through Alabama and Florida, using a 16 mm camera to capture life among the rural African American communities she found there. Hurston would later become a renowned author, best remembered for her 1937 novel THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD.
Also known as Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage
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Details
- Years
- 1928
- Release date
- 1928-01-08
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 3 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (6 votes)
Themes
- florida
- new orleans, louisiana
- documentary filmmaking
- folklore
- woman director
- african american
- zora neale hurston
- new orleans
Cast & crew
Directed by Zora Neale Hurston