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Zora Neale Hurston

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.

Birthday

1891-01-07

Place of birth

Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Death day

1960-01-28

Gallery

Movies

Fieldwork Footage

Release date: 01/08/1928

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Character: Herself

Release date: 03/24/1940

Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

Character: Self (archival)

Release date: 01/01/2005

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

Character: Self (archive footage)

Release date: 01/17/2023

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

Character: Self (archive footage)

Release date: 08/16/2008