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The Story of Gospel Music is also the saga of blacks in America, dating to the beginning of the slave trade. It's a documentary of a musical style of an oppressed people who kept their spirit alive through music. The producers string together an electrically intelligent tale, brimming with experts and lengthy, uncut contemporary and historical performances. The production team has an ear for the music and a keen eye for detail--showing 1957 footage of a lily-white crowd boogying to "When the Saints Go Marching In" or zooming in on an aging singer tapping her foot to a decades-old recording. There is much to be learned here, from the disclosure that "Amazing Grace" was written by a person involved in the slave trade to inspiring performances by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, whose very existence is owed to slavery, since the group's origins can be traced to a school that was founded to teach the mulatto children of slave owners. The singing is infectious, and the message--that African Americans "never let the West rob them of enthusiasm for music"--powerful. --Valerie J. Nelson
| ACTORS: | Story of Gospel Music, Aretha Va-Franklin |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1998 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Black & White, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 086162000560 |