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Zora Neale Hurston

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Zora Neale Hurston

Known For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 7, 1891 (135 years old)

Place of Birth

Notasulga, Alabama, USA

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.

Known For

Acting
2023Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a SpaceSelf (archive footage)
2008Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the SunSelf (archive footage)
2005Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every JoySelf (archival)
1940Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940Herself
1928Fieldwork Footage
Directing
1940Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940Director
1929Ethnographic FilmsDirector
1928Fieldwork FootageDirector
1928Kossula: Last of the Takkoi SlavesDirector
Writing
2005Their Eyes Were Watching GodNovel
2001The Gilded Six BitsWriter