| Description |
1 DVD (42 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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DVD. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Ray Flowers. |
| Summary |
This video examines the rich legacy of the writings of Zora Neale Hurston. A writer of novels, short stories, folktales, plays, and essays, Zora Neale Hurston combined a hunger for research and a desire to penetrate the deepest of popular beliefs with a truly exquisite narrative talent. This illuminating biography of Hurston -- a compelling story of a free spirit who achieved national prominence yet died in obscurity -- examines the rich legacy of her writings, which include Mules and Men, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Tell My Horse, and Dust Tracks on a Road. Interviews with Lucy Anne Hurston, Zora's niece and author of the biography Speak, So You Can Speak Again, and with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, are featured. |
| Subject |
Hurston, Zora Neale.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. |
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Novelists, American -- 20th century.
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Novelists, American. |
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20th century |
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Folklorists -- United States.
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Folklorists. |
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United States. |
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African American novelists.
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African American novelists. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Biographical films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Iacono, Paul.
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Flowers, Ray.
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Films for the Humanities (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Heart with room for every joy |
| Music No. |
34681 Films for the Humanities and Sciences |
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