Film

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

6.4

0h 42m

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".

Director

Zora Neale Hurston

Documentary

woman director

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Cast & Crew

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

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