Gospel. a film by McGee Media and Inkwell Media ; series producers, Shayla Harris, Stacey L. Holman ; directed by Stacey L. Holman ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; producer, Kevin Burke ; producer, Chelsea Adewunmi ; a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media and WETA Washington, DC. Season 1, Episode 1, The gospel train /
Gospel's hour 1 takes the gospel train North to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe blended the melodic sounds and instrumentation of blues and jazz with lyrics about God's goodness. Like the blues, gospel would become a commodity, b...
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| Online Access: | Streaming video from Academic Video Online |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2024. |
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| Summary: | Gospel's hour 1 takes the gospel train North to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe blended the melodic sounds and instrumentation of blues and jazz with lyrics about God's goodness. Like the blues, gospel would become a commodity, but one built by Black-owned publishing companies like Martin and Morris and sustained by Black audiences. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (53 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:52:34 |
| Production Credits: | Editors, Jota Mun, Jason Pollard ; music by Matthew Head. |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |