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BOTH WHITE AND BLACK GOSPEL SINGING GROUPS ARE FEATURED. EXAMINES THE CONCURRENT TRADITIONS OF SOUTHERN SPIRITUAL STYLES. AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. WHITE SOUTHERN CULTURE. RELIGIOUS MUSIC. TRADITION. EVANGELISM. THIS AMAZING FILM CAPTURES THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE SOUTHERN VERNACULAR CULTURE -- BLACK AND WHITE -- OF THE LATE 50S AND EARLY 60S. GOSPEL MUSIC WAS THE MUSICAL WELL FROM WHICH SPRANG -- IN COMMERCIAL, SECULAR FORMS -- RHYTHM & BLUES, SOUL MUSIC AND ROCK & ROLL. COUNTLESS BIOGRAPHIES OF POPULAR MUSIC ARTISTS MAKE MENTION OF REVIVAL MEETINGS IN TENTS ON CAMPGROUNDS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF URBAN AREAS.
OUTSIDE REVIVAL TENT. SIGN READS "ENTRANCE. NO SMOKING OR EATING BEYOND THIS POINT. NO LOITERING AROUND THIS TENT."
GOSPEL MUSIC
b&w
1963
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