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- Documentary
Overview
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.
Keywords
- woman director
- new orleans
- louisiana
- florida
- documentary filmmaking
- folklore
- african american
- zora neale hurston
- new orleans, louisiana
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 8, 1928
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Director
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Cinematography
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt6303116