Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Overview

Field recordings of religious services in a South Carolina Gullah community. Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 is a 1940 short documentary film which shows religious services taking place in a South Carolina Gullah community. In 2005, Commandment Keeper Church was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Directed by Zora Neale Hurston

Top cast

Zora Neale Hurston

Herself

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Reverend George Washington

Himself

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Izora Robinson

Self

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Hugh Washington

Self

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May Belle Washington

Self

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Carrie Belle Washington

Self

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Hattie Mae Washington

Self

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Julia Jones

Self

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Henry Moore

Self

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Reuben Stephenson

Self

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Willie Robinson

Self

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Frank Bates

Self

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Carrie Roberts

Self

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