Zora Neale Hurston
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1891-01-07 (69 years old)
Deathday
1960-01-28
Place of Birth
Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Also known As
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Zora Neale Hurston
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.
Acting
2005
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
as Self (archival)
2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1940
2001
The Gilded Six Bits
as Writer
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Novel
1928
Fieldwork Footage
as Director
1929
Ethnographic Films
as Director
1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
as Director
1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
as Camera Operator
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