Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp

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Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
Directed byMatt Hinton
Erica Hinton
Written byMatt Hinton
Erica Hinton
John Plunkett
Produced byMatt Hinton
Narrated by Jim Lauderdale
CinematographyMatt Hinton
Erica Hinton
Edited byMatt Hinton w/ Jennifer Brooks
Music by William Billings
William Walker
B. F. White
E. J. King
Distributed byAwake Productions
Release date
  • 24 September 2006 (2006-09-24)(Birmingham Sidewalk Film Festival) [1]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp is a 2006 documentary film directed by Matt and Erica Hinton, and narrated by Jim Lauderdale. [2] [3] It follows the folk tradition of Sacred Harp singing, a type of shape-note singing, kept alive by amateur singers in the rural American South.

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Cast

The Sacred Harp singers:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SIDEWALK BRINGS THE COMPETITION | Film Threat". September 1, 2006.
  2. ↑ Eskew, Harry (November 13, 2007). "Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp. Matt and Erica Hinton, directors. Awake Productions DVD, 2006" . Journal of the Society for American Music. 1 (4): 555–556. doi:10.1017/S1752196307071374. S2CID   191586810 – via Cambridge University Press.
  3. ↑ Willman, Chris (May 18, 2019). "Film Review: 'Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury'".


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