Documentary · United States of America · 1940 · 42m

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 poster
Director
Zora Neale Hurston
Cast
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
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".

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