Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

Actor · Director · Writer

Notasulga, Alabama, USA
January 7, 1891

Biography

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.

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Representative Works

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.7
/ English
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
6.5
/ English
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
5.0
/ English
Fieldwork Footage
Fieldwork Footage
5.7
/ English
The Gilded Six Bits
The Gilded Six Bits
7.0
/ English
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
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/ English
Ethnographic Films
Ethnographic Films
7.5
/ English
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
8.0
/ English
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005Nominee

Best Writing

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
1940Nominee

Best Performance

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023Nominee

Best Performance

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

Career Highlights

Fieldwork Footage
1928Highlight

Best Performance

Fieldwork Footage

The Gilded Six Bits
2001Highlight

Best Writing

The Gilded Six Bits

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