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Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A spirited celebration of 83-year-old Lena Mae Perry and her legendary North Carolina gospel group The Branchettes. The film documents The Branchettes as they record their first, fully live album. Through shared prayer, laughter, hardship and praise, this “church gospel noisy crew” demonstrates that music, like faith, ain’t nothing without some fire inside.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This acclaimed documentary covers the 200 year history of African-American Christianity, featuring the legends of Gospel music, including The Staple Singers, The Clara Ward Singers, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.. Culled from hundreds of hours of music, tracing the evolution of gospel music through its many styles – the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing, the emergence...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Darren is a New York ad executive who travels to a small town in the deep south after receiving word that his aunt has left him a sizable inheritance. Darren is informed that he will only receive the money if he successfully leads a local gospel choir to victory at an upcoming competition. Darren takes on the task of finding the best singers in town and forming the group. There, he meets Lilly, a single mother who not only possesses an incredible...
5) Gospel
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explore Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In 2003, an all-star cast of gospel singers took Bob Dylan's gospel compositions and created a GRAMMY-nominated album. This film features roof-raising performances by these spirited artists while documenting the making of the album of the same name. Along with interviews of these celebrated artists, it also presents commentary by musicians who recorded and performed with Dylan during his gospel period, including Jim Keltner, Spooner Oldham, Fred...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Hootenanny was a half-hour showcase for folk music broadcast by ABC between April 1963 and September 1964. In addition to folk music, the show featured comedians and gospel, jazz, and country performers. This compilation taken from kinescopes presents highlights from the show, including performances by Judy Collins, Johnny Cash, Carly Simon (as part of the Simon Sisters), Woody Allen, and Bill Cosby.
Publisher
Gaither Music Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The unmistakable voice of Whitney Houston is powerful and timeless. She reached the pinnacle of pop success becoming one of the most accomplished recording artists of all time. But her heart was always in Gospel music, and it profoundly influenced her life and career. From her first performance in front of an audience to her best-selling Gospel album of all time, The Preacher's Wife, experience how profoundly Gospel music influenced her life and helped...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Amara Winter is a beautiful and divinely talented young gospel singer on the verge of pop stardom. But Amara's mother Lillian, a strong-willed TV preacher, disapproves of her daughter's less-than-pious image. As they search for common ground, mother and daughter may just discover their journeys aren't so different after all.
Publisher
BET Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The biggest names in gospel and mainstream music Take you higher in this annual musical praise-fest! With spiritually uplifting performances from gospel and R&B superstars, soul-stirring spoken word readings and a special tribute to entertainment legend Tyler Perry, its a hand-clapping, foot-stomping celebration you won't want to miss."--Container.
Language
English
Description
One of the most acclaimed music documentaries of all time, Say Amen, Somebody is George T. Nierenberg's masterpiece a joyous, funny, deeply emotional celebration of African American culture, featuring the father of Gospel, Thomas A. Dorsey ("Precious Lord, Take My Hand"); Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith; and soul-shaking performances by the Barret Sisters, the O'Neal Twins, and Zella Jackson Price. When it was first released in 1982, the film garnered...
18) Mahalia
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The story of the New Orleans-born singer who began singing at a young age and went on to become one of the most esteemed gospel figures in U.S. history, fusing her music with the civil rights movement.
19) Brotherly love
Publisher
Gaither Music Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Brotherly Love performs their debut recording.
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