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Tonya
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http://www.barnard.edu/newnews/news040208.html
ZORA'S ROOTS: Barnard College Premieres PBS Documentary
on the Life of Zora Neale Hurston '28
updated 04.02.08
New York, NY - On April 4, Barnard College celebrates alumna Zora Neale Hurston's'28 legacy as a writer, folklorist and anthropologist with a premiere screening of Zora's Roots, a new documentary that will air on PBS stations throughout the month of April. Paying tribute to the most prolific woman writer of the Harlem Renaissance, the film traces Hurston's life and work from her childhood in the all-black township of Eatonville, Florida, to her days as a Barnard student in New York City, to her anthropologic field work in Honduras and Haiti, and eventually back to Florida, where she died penniless and was buried in an unmarked grave.
The screening will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium, located at 202 Altschul Hall, Barnard College, West 117th Street and Broadway. Afterwards, writer and director Tom Lowe of Eagle Productions, and Barnard English Professor Monica Miller, who appears in the film,will lead a discussion with the audience.
"Barnard College is a perfect venue for the premiere screening of this film. Zora integrated Barnard and, reciprocally, Barnard integrated Zora with an intellectual foundation and a thirst for knowledge that she used throughout her adventure-filled life," said Lowe. "I'm very glad that Zora's story now leads back to Barnard."
During the Roaring Twenties, Hurston was central to Harlem's evolving literary scene alongside Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman. She was Barnard College's first black graduate, and her studies in anthropology contributed to a lifelong exploration of language, culture and the African American experience. More than 40 years after her death in 1960, Hurston's writing remains an integral piece of America's literary fabric. In addition to her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, which has been cited as one of the 100 greatest literary works of all time, she is renowned for her journalistic, cinematic and non-fiction work.
The event will take place as part of a celebration commemorating the first fifteen years of Barnard's Africana Studies program. "Zora would have 'whooped' with joy about this event," said Miller. "Her courage and determination to look at black culture with an analytical eye enabled her to express so beautifully the richness of the culture, its complex history and diasporic nature. Celebrating Barnard's first black alumna and its black studies program together makes a lot of sense."
Zora's Roots will air on PBS stations nationwide beginning April 18. For local listings, visit pressroom.pbs.org/programs/zoras_roots
For media inquiries, contact Alyssa Vine at 212-854-2037 or avine@barnard.edu.
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Nels
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Arioso_hum
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I have been blessed with getting to know Mari Evans over the past several years. She knew Zora Neale Hurston well and she has some fascinating stories about her. It is a treat to watch her play "Eyes" which she based on "Their Eyes Were Watching God". This should be good...will it be available on DVD?
Maybe if we are lucky PBS will create a special about Audra Lorde whom also has an incredible life to look at. Very powerful and fearless writer who established a literary presence that was before its time.
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Yvettep
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Rondall are you a Naptown resident? (If so, hello from a fellow, transplanted Hoosier!) |
Tonya
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"This should be good...will it be available on DVD?"
Zora's Roots (DVD)
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This program examines the life of author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. The film follows Hurston, best known for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, to the subtropical paradise that shaped her childhood and her life's work - where she returned again and again for inspiration and solace. This documentary tells her story through the people who knew her and the places and events that she brought to the world through her writing. Release Date: Buy now for shipping by 05/06/2008, GIFT WRAP is available for this item.
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Arioso_hum
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Good looking out...thanks Tonya.
And super shout out to Yvettep!!! I just moved last year from Naptown after ten years of Midwest flavor.
Now residing in the magnificent city of Houston aka "The H!" |
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