Fieldwork Footage
5.7
6 votes
1928
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.
Directed by Zora Neale Hurston
Top cast
Details
Status
Released
Release date
January 8, 1928
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
English
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