Fieldwork Footage (1928)

1928 · Short film · 6 min · dir. Zora Neale Hurston

• Documentary

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Synopsis

Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas (her former Columbia professor) and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale Hurston spent nearly two years, from 1927 to 1929, studying the folkloric customs, work songs, spirituals, and vernacular language of African American communities along the River Road and from New Orleans to Florida.

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Details

Director

Zora Neale Hurston

Cinematography

Zora Neale Hurston

Released

1928-01-08

Running time

6 minutes

Cast & crew

• Zora Neale Hurston Director
• Zora Neale Hurston

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