| Edition |
Standard format. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Eatonville -- On to Harlem -- Queen of Harlem renaissance -- Searching for folktales -- Voodoo, hoodoo culture -- Mule bone -- Jonah'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; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Hurston, Zora Neale.
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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 women -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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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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California Newsreel (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Zora Neale Hurston : jump at the sun |
| Added Title |
American masters (Television program)
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