Fieldwork Footage (1928)

01/08/1928 (US) • Documentary • 3m

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.

Fieldwork Footage (1928)

01/08/1928 (US) • 3m

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.

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Status

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Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

florida

new orleans, louisiana

documentary filmmaking

folklore

woman director

african american

zora neale hurston

new orleans

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