Fieldwork Footage (1928)

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.

Released

1928-01-08

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

3 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Zora Neale Hurston

TMDB rating

5.7/10 from 6 votes