Zora Neale Hurston
African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)
0.23body-of-work score · ranked #2089 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
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- Born
- January 7, 1891 · Notasulga
- Died
- January 28, 1960 · Fort Pierce
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- anthropologist, historian, novelist, writer
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1940 · United States · documentary
National Film Registry (inducted 2005)
0.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 2 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1929Zora Neale Hurston 1927-1929
- 1940Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940