Talk about raising the roof with song — George Nierenberg’s documentary is still considered the best on gospel music. Made in the early 1980’s, the show caught the greats of decades past, now happy to describe the history and future of their work: Thomas A. Dorsey, Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith. The testimony of singers and groups just getting established is good as well, but of course it’s the spirit-raising performances — here caught as never before — that make the show unforgettable. Milestone includes outtakes, interviews and input from the director.
Say Amen, Somebody
Blu-ray
Milestone Cinematheque
1982 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date October 26, 2021 / Available from Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Thomas A. Dorsey, Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, Barrett Sisters, O’Neal Twins, Zella Jackson Price.
Cinematography: Edward Lachman, Don Lenzer
Additional cameras: John D. Burkley, Tom Dischert, Morris Flam, Francis Kenny, Helmut Luchs, Pat Waugh
Film Editor: Paul Barnes
Researcher:...
Say Amen, Somebody
Blu-ray
Milestone Cinematheque
1982 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date October 26, 2021 / Available from Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Thomas A. Dorsey, Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, Barrett Sisters, O’Neal Twins, Zella Jackson Price.
Cinematography: Edward Lachman, Don Lenzer
Additional cameras: John D. Burkley, Tom Dischert, Morris Flam, Francis Kenny, Helmut Luchs, Pat Waugh
Film Editor: Paul Barnes
Researcher:...
- 10/23/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The Criterion Channel has unveiled their lineup for next month and it’s another strong slate, featuring retrospectives of Carole Lombard, John Waters, Robert Downey Sr., Luis García Berlanga, Jane Russell, and Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Also in the lineup is new additions to their Queersighted series, notably Todd Haynes’ early film Poison (Safe is also premiering in a separate presentation), William Friedkin’s Cruising, and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorama.
The new restorations of Manoel de Oliveira’s stunning Francisca and Francesco Rosi’s Christ Stopped at Eboli will join the channel, alongside Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor, Bong Joon Ho’s early short film Incoherence, and Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta.
See the lineup below and explore more on criterionchannel.com.
#Blackmendream, Shikeith, 2014
12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957
About Tap, George T. Nierenberg, 1985
The AIDS Show, Peter Adair and Rob Epstein, 1986
The Assignation, Curtis Harrington, 1953
Aya of Yop City,...
The new restorations of Manoel de Oliveira’s stunning Francisca and Francesco Rosi’s Christ Stopped at Eboli will join the channel, alongside Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor, Bong Joon Ho’s early short film Incoherence, and Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta.
See the lineup below and explore more on criterionchannel.com.
#Blackmendream, Shikeith, 2014
12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957
About Tap, George T. Nierenberg, 1985
The AIDS Show, Peter Adair and Rob Epstein, 1986
The Assignation, Curtis Harrington, 1953
Aya of Yop City,...
- 5/24/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori), the independent Venice Film Festival sidebar that is under the new leadership of artistic director Gaia Furrer this year, has announced its line-up of titles, including a feature directed by artist Bruce Labruce and new shorts from Atlantics filmmaker Mati Diop and Mug director Malgorzata Skumowksa.
From more a thousand submissions, the programming team have whittled it down to just 28 titles. The event’s competition is comprised of 10 features and will open with the premiere of Kamir Aïnouz’s Honey Cigar. Also screening is Saint-Narcisse, the first feature film from Canadian artist Bruce Labruce, which plays out of competition.
Miu Miu Women’s Tales, a strand focused on “female creativity”, will feature two new short films from Mati Diop (In My Room) and Malgorzata Skumowksa (Nightwalk).
“In an objectively challenging year that will go down as unique in the annals of the Venice Film Festival,...
From more a thousand submissions, the programming team have whittled it down to just 28 titles. The event’s competition is comprised of 10 features and will open with the premiere of Kamir Aïnouz’s Honey Cigar. Also screening is Saint-Narcisse, the first feature film from Canadian artist Bruce Labruce, which plays out of competition.
Miu Miu Women’s Tales, a strand focused on “female creativity”, will feature two new short films from Mati Diop (In My Room) and Malgorzata Skumowksa (Nightwalk).
“In an objectively challenging year that will go down as unique in the annals of the Venice Film Festival,...
- 7/23/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Three aging but still-limber tap dancers show youngsters where it's at in George T. Nierenberg's loving documentary No Maps on My Taps. Released in 1979, when interest in the art form was at a low ebb (Gregory Hines' Tap and Tap Dance in America were still a decade away, though his career was already maturing), the film is the latest restored under the imprimatur of Milestone Films, the stalwart boutique distributor that has been especially attentive of late to films about the African-American experience. Taps will play especially well at dance-centric events, of course (its NYC debut coincides with the Tap...
- 7/7/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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