Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Name: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1940-03-24
Duration: 42 min

42m·Documentary

Directed by Zora Neale Hurston·1940

Rate

6.5/10 avg

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".

DirectorZora Neale Hurston

Actor	Role
Zora Neale HurstonHerself	Herself
RReverend George WashingtonHimself	Himself
IIzora RobinsonSelf	Self
HHugh WashingtonSelf	Self
MMay Belle WashingtonSelf	Self
CCarrie Belle WashingtonSelf	Self
HHattie Mae WashingtonSelf	Self
JJulia JonesSelf	Self
HHenry MooreSelf	Self
RReuben StephensonSelf	Self
WWillie RobinsonSelf	Self
FFrank BatesSelf	Self
CCarrie RobertsSelf	Self