If you don't know gospel music, really know it, you are missing out on a lot, but don't lose faith. "Rejoice and Shout," a vibrant and comprehensive new documentary will take you there in style.
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Rejoice and Shout
Packed with evocative photos, rare audio, recordings, stirring film appearances and TV performances, REJOICE AND SHOUT is a jubilant journey through the 200 year musical history of African-American Christianity. Culled from hundreds of hours of music, REJOICE AND SHOUT features interviews and performances from the most celebrated voices in gospel music, including: Smokey Robinson, Mavis Staples and the Staple Singers, Mahalia Jackson, Clara Ward, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Andrae Crouch, The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Selvey Family, Darrel Petties and many more. The film traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles – the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements.
Opened June 3, 2011 (Limited 6/3) | Run time:1 hr. 45 min.
Cast: The Dinwiddie Colored Quartet, The Utica Quartet, The Golden Gate Quartet, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Mahalia Jackson, The Swan Silvertones, The Clara Ward Singers, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Staple Singers, Edwin Hawkins Singers, Five Blind Boys, Rev. James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, The Selvy Family, Darrel Petties, Smokey Robinson, Mavis Staples, Marie Knight, Ira Tucker, Sr., Ira Tucker, Jr., Willa Ward, Anthony Heilbut, Bill Carpenter, Jacquie Gayles Webb
Director: Don McGlynn
Genres: Concerts, Biography, Music, Vocal Music
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