Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Name: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1940
Duration: 42 min
Rating: 6.455

1940 · 42 min

Documentary

★ 6.5

Criterion

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".

Crew

Director Zora Neale Hurston

Cast

Zora Neale Hurston
Herself
R
Reverend George Washington
Himself
I
Izora Robinson
Self
H
Hugh Washington
Self
M
May Belle Washington
Self
C
Carrie Belle Washington
Self
H
Hattie Mae Washington
Self
J
Julia Jones
Self
H
Henry Moore
Self
R
Reuben Stephenson
Self
W
Willie Robinson
Self
F
Frank Bates
Self

Crew

Director — Zora Neale Hurston

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