Rejoice and Shout - Trailer

REJOICE AND SHOUT: THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN GOSPEL MUSIC IN AMERICA is finally completed. Shot in HD and mixed in 5.1 sound, this important documentary will be released in theaters by MAGNOLIA PICTURES this coming spring. Produced and directed by the team of JOE LAURO & DON McGLYNN, the film has been three years in the making and will feature astounding and newly discovered archival performances by many of Gospel Music's legendary voices. Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Swan Silverstones, Dixie Hummingbirds, Andrae Crouch, and Edwin Hawkins Singers all appear in vintage full length performances provided by HISTORIC FILMS. Also featured in newly filmed productions & interviews are Smokey Robinson, Mavis Staples, Willa Ward (of Clara Ward Singers), Ira Tucker (of Dixie Hummingbirds), and Madame Marie Knight among others. HISTORIC FILMS' President Joe Lauro is delighted that the project has finally been completed and that MAGNOLIA PICTURES has slated it for worldwide theatrical release!

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• Rejoice and Shout
• Gospel Music
• Black History
• Staple Singers
• African American Gospel Music
• Magnolia Pictures
• Don McGlynn
• Joe Lauro
• Mahalia Jackson
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• The Swan Silverstones
• Dixie Hummingbirds
• Andrae Crouch
• Edwin Hawkins Singers

[historicfilms]

Its available on Amazon ...Directed by Don McGlynn and released in 2011. Enjoy!

[happy3813]

This is classic COGIC. The anointing of the Holy Ghost is still strong on this

footage.

[TheSlickest08]

What yall know about dat OLE WASHBOARD!!! LOL PRAISE HIM N) OW!!! GLORY! 0:55

[MsHyewonHye]

This is an excellent documentary which is available on Netflix as well. While it is true that Christianity is not the native "religion" of African Americans, the practice of it does not diminish the relationship with God. God is not a religion or even a denomination. Lets remember that Africans weren't introduced to God, we already knew God. We were introduced to the European religion and made it our own.

[mia8009]

Where can I see this film? Is it released on DVD to rent or buy yet??

[impatientwithdesire]

But how is god so real to black people when it's a European religion. Weren't Africans originally polytheistic ? This doesn't make sense.

[Famfriass]

This is wonderful!!! You can tell the spirit of the Lord is REAL in those people giving him the glory and the honor.

[decwashingtonsson]

I love this. I want this video

[6motion6]

@DancinDaye

I wish I could have been at the church to hear Rev. Louis Overstreet! He is one of my top favorite gospel performers!

[modernity2001]

Rock and rap music are distilled from the spiritual ecstasy of the black religious tradition. The reaching towards heaven for an anointing was secularized with (largely) men playing guitars filling in where god is left out.

Likewise with the sexual grinding you frequently find accompanying rap music, there is an inversion (some might argue perversion) of purpose. Those hip movements are derived from African spiritual dance, with a radically different kind of communion being sought.