The Films of Zora Neale Hurston

Interview with filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain about the ethnographic work of Hurston. More

Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain talks about Zora Neale Hurston and her interest in capturing the rural Black folk in her writings and ethnographic work. In multiple trips to the south, Hurston shot 16mm film of rural Black people, culture and customs amassing 85 minutes of footage that she shot and/or directed.

AIR DATE 1/17/23