Film

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

1940Directed by Zora Neale Hurston

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Criterion Channel

Released: March 24, 1940
Runtime: 42m

About Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Documentary

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".

Director: Zora Neale Hurston

Principal cast

In billing order

Zora Neale HurstonHerself
Reverend George WashingtonHimself
Izora RobinsonSelf
Hugh WashingtonSelf
May Belle WashingtonSelf
Carrie Belle WashingtonSelf

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