Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

Birthday: 1891-01-07
Deathday: 1960-01-28
Place of birth: Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Bio

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.

Movies with Zora Neale Hurston

Fieldwork Footage

1928
As
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

1940
As Herself
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

2005
As Self (archival)
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

2023
As Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

2008
As Self (archive footage)

Production Credits

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

1940
As Director
The Gilded Six Bits

2001
As Writer
Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005
As Novel
Fieldwork Footage

1928
As Director
Ethnographic Films

1929
As Director
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves

1928
As Director
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves

1928
As Camera Operator
Fieldwork Footage

1928
As Director of Photography