Zora Neale Hurston
Known for
Writing
Born
January 7, 1891
Birthplace
Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Died
January 28, 1960 (aged 69)
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.
Best known work
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
1940
American Playhouse
1982
Fieldwork Footage
1928
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
Ethnographic Films
1929
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
2005
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
1928Filmography
2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Spaceas Self (archive footage)
2008
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sunas Self (archive footage)
2005
2005
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joyas Self (archival)
2001
The Gilded Six BitsWriter
1982
1940
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940as Herself, Director
1929
Ethnographic FilmsDirector
1928
Fieldwork FootageDirector, Director of Photography
1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi SlavesDirector, Camera Operator