Zora Neale Hurston
Known for Writing
Born January 6, 1891
Died January 28, 1960
Place of Birth Notasulga, Alabama, USA
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.
Filmography
Fieldwork Footage
1928
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
2005
as Self (archival)
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
1940
as Herself