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American Experience, Episode 2, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
directed by Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991; produced by Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, in American Experience, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 1 hour 53 mins
Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race,...
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directed by Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991; produced by Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, in American Experience, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 1 hour 53 mins
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Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991, Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Vanessa L. Williams, 1963-
Author / Creator
Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Vanessa L. Williams, 1963-
Person Discussed
Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960
Topic / Theme
Literature, Political criticism, Race and culture, African American drama, Anthropology, Ethnographic methodology, Folklore, Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1939
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American Experience, Season 30, Episode 11, The Eugenics Crusade
directed by Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998; produced by Rafael de la Uz, fl. 2001, Connie Honeycutt, fl. 2011 and Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, WGBH Boston, 42nd Parallel Films and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 11 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
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directed by Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998; produced by Rafael de la Uz, fl. 2001, Connie Honeycutt, fl. 2011 and Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, WGBH Boston, 42nd Parallel Films and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 11 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
Description
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rafael de la Uz, fl. 2001, Connie Honeycutt, fl. 2011, Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, WGBH Boston, 42nd Parallel Films, American Experience Films, Corey Stoll, 1976-
Author / Creator
Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Corey Stoll, 1976-
Person Discussed
Margaret Sanger, 1879-1966, Harry Hamilton Laughlin, 1880-1943, Charles Davenport, 1866-1944, Ann Cooper Hewitt, 1915-1956, Madison Grant, 1865-1937, Henry H. Goddard, 1866-1957, Sir Francis Galton, 1822-1911
Topic / Theme
Holocaust, 1939-1945, Science and Technology, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Americans, Germans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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