Film

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

6.5194042mDocumentary

Director: Zora Neale Hurston
Year: 1940

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".

Top cast

Zora Neale Hurston

Herself

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

Directed by

Zora Neale Hurston