Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
| Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 | |
|---|---|
Release date | 1940 |
Running time | 42 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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".[1][2]
References
- ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
External links
- Commandment Keeper Church essay by Fayth M. Parks at National Film Registry [1]
- Commandment Keeper Church essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 315-316 [2]
- Commandment Keeper Church at IMDb
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- 1940 films
- American short documentary films
- United States National Film Registry films
- 1940s short documentary films
- 1940 documentary films
- Black-and-white documentary films
- American black-and-white films
- Documentary films about South Carolina
- Christianity in South Carolina
- May 1940 events
- 1940 in South Carolina
- Gullah culture
- Beaufort, South Carolina
- Works by Zora Neale Hurston
- 1940s American films
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