Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 (1940)
Synopsis
Field recordings of religious services in a South Carolina Gullah community. Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 is a 1940 short documentary film which shows religious services taking place in a South Carolina Gullah community. In 2005, Commandment Keeper Church was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Release Date: 1940-03-24
Runtime: 42 minutes
Director: Zora Neale Hurston
Top Cast
- Zora Neale Hurston as Herself
- Reverend George Washington as Himself
- Izora Robinson as Self
- Hugh Washington as Self
- May Belle Washington as Self
- Carrie Belle Washington as Self
- Hattie Mae Washington as Self
- Julia Jones as Self
- Henry Moore as Self
- Reuben Stephenson as Self
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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