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