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Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space Screening

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space Screening

Runtime: 1hr:52min
October 9 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Planet Word Auditorium

925 13th St. NW
Washington, DC 20002

An in-depth biography of Zora Neale Hurston, 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.

Film: Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

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