halle berry played janie in their eyes were watching god.
who plays janie in their eyes were watching god?
halle berry
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their eyes were watching god is an american broadcasting company television film that aired on march 6, 2005. it is based upon zora neale hurston's 1937 novel of the same name. the film was directed by darnell martin and produced by oprah winfrey's harpo productions (winfrey served as the host for the broadcast). its teleplay was by suzan-lori parks, misan sagay, and bobby smith, jr. it starred halle berry and michael ealy, with other prominent actors.





























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bullet::::- halle berry as janie crawford





























bullet::::- michael ealy as tea cake
their eyes were watching god (film)
perhaps the strongest inspiration for hurston's writing of "their eyes were watching god" was her former lover percival punter. hurston writes in her autobiography that the romance between janie and tea cake was inspired by a tumultuous love affair. she described falling in love with the man as "a parachute jump". like janie in the novel, hurston was significantly older than her lover. like tea cake, punter was sexually dominant and sometimes violent. hurston wrote "their eyes were watching god" three weeks after the tumultuous conclusion of her relationship with punter. she wrote in her autobiography that she had "tried to embalm all the tenderness of [her] passion for him." with this emotional inspiration, hurston went on to paint the picture of "their eyes were watching god" using her personal experience and research as a template.
their eyes were watching god