Fieldwork Footage

Poster for Fieldwork Footage
MOVIE

Fieldwork Footage

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.

Release Date

1928-01-08

Year

1928

Duration

3m

Status

Released

Score

5.70

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Cast

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston