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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

ActorWriterDirector Jan 7 (died age 69) Notasulga, Alabama, USA 1928–2023 (95 year career)
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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
Film

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Novel
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Film

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Herself
Fieldwork Footage
Film

Fieldwork Footage

5.7 1928
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Film

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Film

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

Self (archive footage)
Ethnographic Films
Film

Ethnographic Films

Director
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Film

Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

Self (archival)
The Gilded Six Bits
Film

The Gilded Six Bits

Writer

Filmography