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Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 (1940)

42m

Running Time

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 (1940)

Name: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1940-03-24

42m

Running Time

Plot.

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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Cast & Crew.

Zora Neale Hurston

Herself / Director

Reverend George Washington

Himself

Izora Robinson

Self

Hugh Washington

Self

May Belle Washington

Self

Carrie Belle Washington

Self

Hattie Mae Washington

Self

Julia Jones

Self

Henry Moore

Self

Reuben Stephenson

Self

Willie Robinson

Self

Frank Bates

Self

Carrie Roberts

Self

Norman Chalfin

Sound

Bob Lawrence

Cinematography

Lou Brandt

Cinematography

Details.

Release Date
March 24, 1940

Status
Released

Running Time
42m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-03-02

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

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.

The documentary film was directed by Zora Neale Hurston.

In 2005, Commandment Keeper Church was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".