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Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

1940-03-24
6.4
en 42m
Documentary
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".

Cinematography

Lou Brandt

Cinematography

Bob Lawrence

Sound

Norman Chalfin

Director

Zora Neale Hurston

woman director

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies