Zora Neale Hurston

Known for: Writing
Born: January 7, 1891
Died: January 28, 1960
Birthplace: 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

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Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun 2008
as Self (archive footage)
Their Eyes Were Watching God 2005
Novel
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy 2005
as Self (archival)
The Gilded Six Bits 2001
Writer
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 1940
as Herself, Director
Ethnographic Films 1929
Director
Fieldwork Footage 1928
Actor, Director, Director of Photography
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves 1928
Director, Camera Operator

Credits from TMDB.