A documentary on Gospel music's 200-year history.A documentary on Gospel music's 200-year history.A documentary on Gospel music's 200-year history.
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Thank God for the Influence of Black Musicians in Christ-Centered Music
So many moments in this documentary reveal the great influence of black musicians in American Christian Music. Besides the obvious Andrae Crouch, who made music in the 1970s come alive, to other well-known singers and groups, the especially delightful aspect of this movie was the Pentecostal experiences that were filmed showing where the power of these musicians came from.
Some of the film-clips were from the early 20th Century, leading to discussions of the COGIC Fellowship, the largest "denomination" of pentecostals in America. The jouyous testimony of Smokey Robinson, open disussion of racism and sterortypical American films, and the skill level of marginalized musicians makes this film significant. Love the Mississippi River metaphor by the excellent narrator, and so many of his comments brought such clarity, and emotion, I could not discern his name from the credits. That young man made this very watchable, he is wearing an orange shirt.
The harmonies, lyrics, and exuberance of the music glorifying a 2,000 year old Jewish sect born in Asia brought me to tears.
I will be watching this again.
I suggest IMDB edit and expand the entry for this great show.
Some of the film-clips were from the early 20th Century, leading to discussions of the COGIC Fellowship, the largest "denomination" of pentecostals in America. The jouyous testimony of Smokey Robinson, open disussion of racism and sterortypical American films, and the skill level of marginalized musicians makes this film significant. Love the Mississippi River metaphor by the excellent narrator, and so many of his comments brought such clarity, and emotion, I could not discern his name from the credits. That young man made this very watchable, he is wearing an orange shirt.
The harmonies, lyrics, and exuberance of the music glorifying a 2,000 year old Jewish sect born in Asia brought me to tears.
I will be watching this again.
I suggest IMDB edit and expand the entry for this great show.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $100,237
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,589
- Jun 5, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $100,237
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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