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Released
1928 · FILM

Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage

Color
Black & White
Runtime
3 min
Documentary

Synopsis

Zora Neale Hurston, under the guidance of anthropologist Franz Boas, her former professor at Columbia University, and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, conducted fieldwork for nearly two years, from 1927 to 1929. During this time, she studied 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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Principal cast & crew: 2

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Craft leads on file

Shot by Zora Neale HurstonScored by Renee Clark Baker

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