Watch Say Amen Somebody Now! Currently unavailable. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. No, you will hear messages about being free and crossin' over Jordan, or messages about the time of the Judgement comin' and being re-united with your family in heaven, messages that have its roots founded in African-American slavery. Mother Ford-Smith and the closing benediction song Canaan is truly the diamond of this project. Say Amen, Somebody George T. Nierenberg (1982) Filmmaker George T. Nierenberg surveys gospel music, featuring "Mother" Willie Mae Ford Smith and "Professor" Thomas A. Dorsey. I remember viewing this on PBS in 1984 and to catch the trailer on YouTube, I had to order this DVD to minister to our class and family. I'd give it six stars if I could.

In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Pop the DVD in your home player, or the CD in your car stereo, and you'll be uplifted. Once you view this project, you'll understand what I'm talking about. Personally, for me, this was the best part. Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2014. They were so thrilling that the ship cancelled the Wednesday's evening shows for both those on the jazz cruise and the rest of the passengers and subsituted the Barrett Sisters (featured here. Dies ist schwarzer und traditioneller Gospel der Erweckungsbewegung, weit weg von Hausfrauenchören bei denen alles automatisch Gospel ist wenn es nur in englischer Sprache geschrieben wurde und Lichtjahre vom einlullenden" Worship-Gedudel" und christlichen Pop" entfernt.

If you have not watched the recently Paul Simon Gospel All-Star DVD do so.

This project does Not disappoint.

Perhaps you would like to confirm for me that I actually ordered this, and actually paid for it too -- I don't remember this item at all!! I didn't receive this as I don't believe I ordered it!! [POSITIVELY] WE ALL NEED THIS,ALL OF THE TIME. I had the pleasure to go on a Caribbean jazz cruise on which the Barrett Sisters were scheduled to sing the first Saturday night with little fanfare. ", Not the first release of this wonderful documentary but I suspect the best, Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2007, "Say Amen, Somebody" was released on DVD by Xenon Pictures in 2001; so, this is not the first release, but it is still an amazing documentary. Get your copy saints, asap!!!

Thomas A. Dorsey, Delois Barrett Campbell, Willie Mae Ford Smith, Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015, I loved it when this came on TV and I have been waiting YEARS to get it on DVD. This is one amazing documentary.

Say Amen, Somebody (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Precious Lord Recordings of The Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A Dorsey. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Even with all those years of sneaking around to listen to my Gospel music, I hadn't heard of Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, but you'll learn why if you buy this DVD set because I'm sad to say, this DVD is the only medium where you will ever hear her tremendous recorded voice!
The real bonus in buying this set, however, is the booklet that fills in all the unanswered questions that the DVD leaves hanging.

But the most tender moment comes when Thomas Dorsey is sitting with Sallie Martin and he realizes that the song, "If You See My Saviour," playing in the background on an old record player, is the very one of his own first recording. Die Liveaufnahmen der Gospelsongs sind einzigartig und bringen Stimmung und Gefühlstiefe dieses Genres direkt zum Zuseher.

As an adolescent, I couldn't wait for Sunday mornings to listen to the Black radio station's Gospel Train program and listen to all the tremendous artists that the White world was oblivious to and, unfortunately, were kept from knowing.
It's a close second to "Say Amen, Somebody. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2007. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. THANK YOU AMAZON JOAN, Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2007. I PERSONANNY WANT TO THANK ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND,FOR GIVING ME NOT ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE 7 PURPOSE BACK IN MY LIFE.

Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I very much like receiving a DVD AND a CD which contained the songs on the DVD. It was premiered at the Telluride Movie Festival and Roger Ebert told me one of the most thrilling moments of his life was seeing the film followed by the stars appearing live after the movie. Please try again. Therefore, my rating was reduced to a "4.