Gospel
(Video)

Widescreen.

Editors, Bryan Chang, Stefanie Mardueña, Jota Mun, Jason Pollard ; music by Matthew Head.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., host ; featuring Jekalyn Carr, Twinkie Clark, Donald Lawrence, Dionne Warwick, Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, Rev. Otis Moss III, U.S. Senator Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, Robert F. Darden, Braxton D. Shelley, Rev. Jonathan Lee Walton, Teresa Hairston.

Originally broadcast on PBS in 2024.

"From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gospel explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. But, while musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom. It is a message that resounds from the pulpit to the choir lofts on any given Sunday -- one of good news in bad times: gospel. Since the time of the sorrow songs, Black sacred music was a cathartic and confidential way to communicate the anger and frustration of living as a Black person in America. Even now, gospel continues to evolve and remains a source of cultural affirmation and sustenance. Over the course of four hours, Gospel explores how class, gender, cultural innovations and consumer technologies -- such as records, radio, television and the internet -- shaped the development of Black preaching and gospel over the centuries."--Container.

DVD; widescreen; NTSC, region 1; stereo.

English audio and English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing).