Film
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
1940 · 42m · Documentary
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Overview
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".
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Cast
Zora Neale Hurston
Herself
Reverend George Washington
Himself
Izora Robinson
Self
Hugh Washington
Self
May Belle Washington
Self
Carrie Belle Washington
Self
Hattie Mae Washington
Self
Julia Jones
Self
Henry Moore
Self
Reuben Stephenson
Self
Willie Robinson
Self
Frank Bates
Self
Carrie Roberts
Self
Crew
- Zora Neale HurstonDirector
Details
- Release date
- March 24, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 42m
- Genres
- Documentary
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