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: Claiming a Space
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
The Gilded Six Bits
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Fieldwork Footage
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Ethnographic Films
Top Movie Credits
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Self (archive footage)
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
Camera Operator
The Gilded Six Bits
Writer
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Self (archival)
Fieldwork Footage
Director of Photography
Ethnographic Films
Director