Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Zora Neale Hurston
1940-03-24


6.4
42 min

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".

Cast

Name Character Team
Zora Neale Hurston Herself Unowned
Reverend George Washington Himself Unowned
Izora Robinson Self Unowned
Hugh Washington Self Unowned
May Belle Washington Self Unowned
Carrie Belle Washington Self Unowned
Hattie Mae Washington Self Unowned
Julia Jones Self Unowned
Henry Moore Self Unowned
Reuben Stephenson Self Unowned
Willie Robinson Self Unowned
Frank Bates Self Unowned
Carrie Roberts Self Unowned