Zora Neale Hurston : jump at the sun / producer and writer, Kristy Andersen ; director, Sam Pollard ; co-produced by Bay Bottom News and Thirteen/WNET's American Masters.
A biography of African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the first black woman to enter the American literary canon.
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| Language: | English |
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In English.
Closed-captioned. |
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[San Francisco, Calif.] :
California Newsreel,
[2008], ©2008.
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| Edition: | Standard format. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Jump at the sun. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Eatonville
- On to Harlem
- Queen of Harlem renaissance
- Searching for folktales
- Voodoo, hoodoo culture
- Mule bone
- Jonah's gourd vine
- Mules and men
- Celebrating common folk
- The magic of black language
- Lomax/Documenting black music
- Their eyes were watching God
- Filming sanctified religion
- Dust tracks on a road
- Out of step with civil rights
- Rediscovery and praise.