Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

The read

It runs a compact 42m.

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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Key crew

• Zora Neale HurstonDirector

Cast

• Zora Neale HurstonHerself
• Reverend George WashingtonHimself
• Izora RobinsonSelf
• Hugh WashingtonSelf
• May Belle WashingtonSelf
• Carrie Belle WashingtonSelf
• Hattie Mae WashingtonSelf
• Julia JonesSelf
• Henry MooreSelf
• Reuben StephensonSelf
• Willie RobinsonSelf
• Frank BatesSelf

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