Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

6.4

42 minutes

3/24/1940

Overview

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".

Cast List

Zora Neale Hurston
as Herself
Reverend George Washington
as Himself
Izora Robinson
as Self
Hugh Washington
as Self
May Belle Washington
as Self
Carrie Belle Washington
as Self
Hattie Mae Washington
as Self
Julia Jones
as Self
Henry Moore
as Self
Reuben Stephenson
as Self
Willie Robinson
as Self
Frank Bates
as Self
Carrie Roberts
as Self