The legendary writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston dedicated a significant part of her life to studying the folklore, work songs, spirituals and vernacular of African American communities. This footage in particular acts as a powerful testimony to Black rural communities in the 1920s. In this excerpt, Hurston dives into the life of a small community of woodcutters in Florida, in an in-depth depiction of their resilience and connection the natural world.