Say Amen, Somebody (Bonus Edition)
by George T. Nierenberg
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DVD details
Director: George T. NierenbergBrand: WEA DES Moines Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 10891
Studio: Rykodisc
Product features:
- The first-ever DVD release for this legendary documentary film that explores the lives and music of the pioneers of modern Gospel music. Features Willie Mae Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey, The Barrett Sisters and The O Neal Twins Features: Includes bonus 15-song audio CD Booklet features essays, lyrics and rare photos **Bonus features include: newly-recorded director s commentary, photo essa
DVD Reviews of Say Amen, Somebody (Bonus Edition)
DVD Review: What An Inspiration
Summary: 5 Stars
As I've grown old and live far, far away from the place of my youth, I yearn for my Southern roots that keep pullin' on me. This DVD and CD music bonus set help transport me back to a time that I remember with fondness. Although I'm Jewish, I was raised by a Black Baptist woman and grew up with Gospel all around me. What struck me about Gospel was its soulful messages that transcended religious boundaries most of the time. If you listen closely, you won't hear Jesus in every Gospel message. 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. 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. 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! If you want to have the hair stand on end, just wait until you hear Mother Smith belt out "I'll Never Turn Back." 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. To witness Sallie Martin begin singing along with the record and then to have Dorsey join in, well, it's a moment in musical history that, thanks to DVD technology, I'll get to relive time and time again. The real bonus in buying this set, however, is the booklet that fills in all the unanswered questions that the DVD leaves hanging. You will enjoy "Say Amen Somebody" dozens of times if you buy this DVD set.
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