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American Music Entangled in the Identity Dilemma
Say Amen, Somebody
Dir.: George T. Nierenberg | 100 minutes

Other Screenings

What are Blues, Folk, Country, Gospel and Spiritual in musical terms, and how do they express the timelines of the politics of identities

Lecture by: Prof. Michael Wolpe

Concert performed by Luce Sextet: Sigal Chameides, Lilach Krakauer, Michal Tamari, Dov Entin, Ido Marco, Yuval Siman Tov

In the program: Oh, Freedom, Swing low sweet Chariot and more

USA 1982 | 100 minutes | English | Hebrew subtitles

A legendary film that explores the lives and music of the pioneers of modern Gospel music. One of the most acclaimed music documentaries of all time that features the father of Gospel, Thomas A. Dorsey, a prominent blues pianist in the 1920s who quit show business at decade's end to devote himself to composing now-standard gospel songs (“Precious Lord, Take My Hand”) and its matron, Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith who helped spread Dorsey's songs at churches throughout the country saying this new gospel music sounded too much like the blues. When it was first released in the early 1980s, the film received an overwhelming critical response, garnering rave reviews around the world: “One of the most joyful movies I’ve ever seen.” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).

 

Newly-restored 4K digital print