American Masters Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (Season 22, Episode 2)
TV-14
TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Masters

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (Season 22, Episode 2)

TV-14

TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Author Zora Neale Hurston died in poverty in 1960 but today her novels are read throughout the world. Her controversial life story is explored in this biopic.

Director

Sam Pollard (as Samuel D. Pollard)

Writer

Kristy Andersen (written by)

Producer

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 9, 2008

Release date

Apr 9, 2008 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 82 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Kim Brockington Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston See fewer	Joker (I) (2019)
Cab Calloway Self - Clip from 'Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party' (archive footage) Self - Clip from 'Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party' (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Frank Robertson Jr. Radio Announcer Radio Announcer See fewer	Misty Blue Lane
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self (as Henry Louis Gates) Self (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Marceline Hugot Mary Margaret McBride Mary Margaret McBride See fewer	United 93 (2006)
Zora Neale Hurston Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
S. Epatha Merkerson Narrator Narrator See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Ethel Moses Self - Clip from 'Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party' (archive footage) Self - Clip from 'Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party' (archive footage) See fewer	Birthright (1938)
Alice Walker Self Self See fewer	The Color Purple (1985)