Browse Titles - 3 results
See details
Gospel, Season 1, Episode 1, The Gospel Train
directed by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999; produced by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018 and Kevin Burke, Inkwell Films, McGee Media, Public Broadcasting Service and Weta Washington, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
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...
Sample
directed by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999; produced by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018 and Kevin Burke, Inkwell Films, McGee Media, Public Broadcasting Service and Weta Washington, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
Description
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.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018, Kevin Burke, Inkwell Films, McGee Media, Public Broadcasting Service, Weta Washington
Author / Creator
Stacey Holman, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
2024
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Gospel
Person Discussed
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1915-1973, Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972, Thomas Andrew 'Georgia Tom' Dorsey, 1899-1993, Rev. John M. Gates, 1884-1945, Clarence Cobbs, 1908-1979, Kenneth Morris, 1917-1989, Sallie Martin, 1895-1988
Topic / Theme
Baptist, Music composition, Music works, Ministers, Preaching, Black community, Jazz music, Rhythm and blues music, Religious reform, Performing arts life, National Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. Formed, 1895, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2024 McGee Media, LLC, Inkwell Media, LLC
×
See details
Gospel, Season 1, Episode 2, The Golden Age of Gospel
directed by Shayla Harris; produced by Eric Thielman, fl. 2019, Kevin Burke, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999 and Shayla Harris, Inkwell Media Inc. and McGee Media, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
Starting in the 1940s, Gospel’s hour 2 explores the Golden Age of Gospel -- the dramatic explosion of Black sacred music and the segregated highways of the American South -- through the successful careers of Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin. As the lines between the sacred and secular blur, gospel...
Sample
directed by Shayla Harris; produced by Eric Thielman, fl. 2019, Kevin Burke, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999 and Shayla Harris, Inkwell Media Inc. and McGee Media, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
Description
Starting in the 1940s, Gospel’s hour 2 explores the Golden Age of Gospel -- the dramatic explosion of Black sacred music and the segregated highways of the American South -- through the successful careers of Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin. As the lines between the sacred and secular blur, gospel music becomes the powerful soundtrack of the freedom struggle.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-, Eric Thielman, fl. 2019, Kevin Burke, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Inkwell Media Inc., McGee Media
Author / Creator
Shayla Harris
Date Published / Released
2024
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Gospel
Person Discussed
Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018, Sam Cooke, 1931-1964, Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972
Topic / Theme
Performing arts, Black community, Spirituality, African-Americans, Music history, Musical ensembles, Christianity, Preaching, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2024 McGee Media, LLC, Inkwell Media, LLC
×
See details
Gospel, Season 1, Episode 3, Take the Message Everywhere
directed by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999; produced by Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018, Kevin Burke, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999 and Shayla Harris, Inkwell Media Inc. and McGee Media, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
Gospel’s hour 3 reveals how gospel was going mainstream and family dynasties, many raised in the Church of God in Christ, would dominate the charts. Meanwhile, other children of the church used their heavenly voice to influence soul music. As gospel artists took the message everywhere, Black pastors continued to...
Sample
directed by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999; produced by Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018, Kevin Burke, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999 and Shayla Harris, Inkwell Media Inc. and McGee Media, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
Description
Gospel’s hour 3 reveals how gospel was going mainstream and family dynasties, many raised in the Church of God in Christ, would dominate the charts. Meanwhile, other children of the church used their heavenly voice to influence soul music. As gospel artists took the message everywhere, Black pastors continued to distinguish their message through a prophetic voice and sound with sermonettes.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-, Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018, Kevin Burke, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Inkwell Media Inc., McGee Media
Author / Creator
Stacey Holman, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
2024
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Gospel
Topic / Theme
Ministers, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Black community, Spirituality, African-Americans, Music history, Musical ensembles, Preaching, Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassination, Memphis, TN, April 4, 1968, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2024 McGee Media, LLC, Inkwell Media, LLC
×
