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1928AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
***NOTE: ZORA NEALE HURSTON DOES NOT APPEAR!***

EARLY ETHNOLOGICAL FILM CONCERNING EARLY FOLKLORIST ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S WORK WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN FIELD WORKERS, ETC. AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE, BLACK HISTORY.

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on hoodoo. She was associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

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***NOTE: ZORA NEALE HURSTON DOES NOT APPEAR IN THIS FOOTAGE!***
ELDERLY BLACK MAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN EXITS HIS BACKWOODS, RURAL SHACK. WAVES TO CAMERA SITS DOWN OUTSIDE HOME.
02:04:26 15.8 thumbnail
WALKS TO WOOD PILE IN YARD. REMOVES AXE EMBEDDED IN LOG STARTS TO CHOP LOG, CHOPPING WOOD, FIREWOOD
02:04:53 42.8 thumbnail
POV RIDING DOWN TRAIN TRACKS LEADING TO LOGGING AREA IN SWAMP-LIKE WOODS.
02:05:13 62.8 thumbnail
STEAM-POWERED CRANE RAISING LOGS BY CABLE ATTACHED TO HIGH POLE. LOADED ONTO FLATBED CAR.
02:06:23 132.8 thumbnail
BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN LOGGERS SITTING & WALKING AROUND AT SITE DURING BREAK FROM WORK
02:06:42 151.8 thumbnail
YOUNG BLACK TEENAGE GIRL STANDS ON PORCH OF SHACK.
WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA & SMILES. SHOWS HER PROFILE
02:07:02 171.8 thumbnail
POOR BLACK TEENAGER GIRL & MOM SEATED ON PORCH.
02:07:06 175.8 thumbnail
CABIN HOUSE IN WOODED AREA. GIRL WALKS UP TO HOUSE
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BLACK GIRL POSING IN LYING DOWN POSITION ON PORCH BENCH.
02:07:18 187.8 thumbnail
CU BARE FOOTED WOMAN'S FEET & ROCKING CHAIR ON PORCH. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN AND CHILD.
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VIEW WOMAN ROCKING HERSELF IN CHAIR ON PORCH AS SEEN FROM DISTANCE.
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DOZENS OF BLACK BOYS & GIRLS HOLDING HANDS IN LARGE CIRCLE DOING RING-AROUND-ROSY AROUND SMALL BOY STANDING IN CENTER. SCHOOLYARD GAMES, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN DANCING
02:07:40 209.8 thumbnail
KIDS STOP CIRCLING & CLAP HANDS TO LEND RHYTHM TO BARE-FOOTED BOY IN CENTER AS HE DANCES & TUMBLES
02:08:26 255.8 thumbnail
PAN AROUND CIRCLE OF POOR RURAL BLACK GIRLS & BOYS CLAPPING
02:08:45 274.8 thumbnail
CU PAN BOYS & GIRLS FEET TAPPING TO THE RHYTHM
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BLACK WOMAN DRESSED IN WHITE LEAD INTO INTO RIVER WHERE MINISTER IS WAITING IN CHEST-HIGH WATER.
BAPTISED BY DUNKING HER HEAD UNDER WATER. ESCORTED OUT OF WATER. AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGION, RURAL, SOUTHERN, BAPTIST
***NOTE: ZORA NEALE HURSTON DOES NOT APPEAR!***
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