American experience. Zora Neale Hurston : claiming a space

American experience. Zora Neale Hurston : claiming a space / produced by Randall MacLowry, Tracy Heather Strain ; written and directed by Tracy Heather Strain ; a Film Posse, Inc. production for American Experience.

Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptio...

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Other Authors: Bellows, Susan (Producer), MacLowry, Randall (Producer), Strain, Tracy Heather (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Williams, Vanessa, 1963- (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2023.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Hurston, Zora Neale
1900-1999
African American women > Southern States > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Folklorists > United States > Biography.
African American women
Authors, American
Civil rights workers
Folklorists
Southern States
United States
Biographical television programs
Biographies
Documentary television programs
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Biographies télévisées.
Documentaires télévisés.
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Summary:Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 25, 2023).
Physical Description:1 online resource (114 minutes)
Playing Time:01:53:14
Production Credits:Editor, Mark Dugas ; music, Daniel J. Bowen ; cinematography, Nikki Bramley.
Participant or Performer:Narrator, Vanessa Williams ; voice of Zora Neale Hurston, Bahni Turpin.
Language:In English.

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