Zora Neale Hurston
Born: 1891-01-07
Birthplace: Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Fieldwork Footage
Ethnographic Films
The Gilded Six Bits
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Top Movie Credits
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Self (archive footage)
Fieldwork Footage
Director of Photography
Ethnographic Films
Director
The Gilded Six Bits
Writer
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Self (archival)
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
Camera Operator