| Edition |
Standard format. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Terms Of Use |
Public performance prohibited; not licensed for classroom use. |
| Cast |
Kim Brockington, Marceline Hugot. |
| Performer |
Narrator, S. Epatha Merkerson. |
| Credits |
Editor, Marian Sears Hunter ; original score, Don Vappie. |
| Summary |
A biography of African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the first black woman to enter the American literary canon. |
| Note |
Special features: Hurston's anthropological field footage from 1927 and 1940 ; selected audio from Hurston's musical expedition with Alan Lomax in 1935 ; outtakes of Kim Brockington as Zora Neale Hurston ; outtakes of interviews from the film ; closed captioned (feature film only). |
| Contents |
Eatonville -- On to Harlem -- Queen of Harlem Renaissance -- Searching for folktales -- Voodoo/Hoodoo culture -- Mule bone -- JJonah's gourd vine -- Mules and men -- Celebrating common folk -- The magic of black language -- Lomax/Documenting black music -- Their eyes were watching god -- Filming sanctified religion -- Dust tracks on a road -- Out of step with civil rights -- Rediscovery and praise. |
| Language |
In English. |
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Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Hurston, Zora Neale.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. (OCoLC)fst00040307
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Folklorists -- United States -- Biography.
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African American authors -- Biography.
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African American authors. (OCoLC)fst00799028
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Folklorists. (OCoLC)fst00930376
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Andersen, Kristy.
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Pollard, Sam.
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Brockington, Kim.
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Hugot, Marceline.
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Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952-
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Hunter, Marian.
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Vappie, Don, 1956-
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Bay Bottom News (Firm)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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| Added Title |
Jump at the sun |
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American masters (Television program)
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