Fieldwork Footage (1928)

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Audience Score
56
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NR 3 minJan 8th, 1928Documentary
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
StarringZora Neale HurstonCudjoe Lewis
DirectorZora Neale Hurston

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 8th, 1928
Original Language:English
Movie Tags:
woman directordocumentary filmmakingzora neale hurston