Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

2023
1h 52m
5.0

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Documentary History
Overview

Raised in the small all-Black Florida town of Eatonville, Zora Neale Hurston studied at Howard University before arriving in New York in 1925. She would soon become a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best remembered for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. But even as she gained renown in the Harlem literary circles, Hurston was also discovering anthropology at Barnard College with the renowned Franz Boas. She would make several trips to the American South and the Caribbean, documenting the lives of rural Black people and collecting their stories. She studied her own people, an unusual practice at the time, and during her lifetime became known as the foremost authority on Black folklore.

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Production Information

Production Companies
PBS
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

writer woman director female writer

Quick Facts

Release Date January 17, 2023
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt26337466
Website Visit Site

Cast

Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston

Self (archive footage)

Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams

Narrator (voice)

Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin

Zora Neale Hurston (voice)

Lee D. Baker
Lee D. Baker

Self

Key Crew

Tracy Heather Strain
Writer
Tracy Heather Strain
Director
Randall MacLowry
Producer
Tracy Heather Strain
Producer
Cameo George
Executive Producer