Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp (2006)

Directed by

Matt Hinton, Erica Hinton

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows amateur singers in the rural American South as they keep alive the folk tradition of Sacred Harp shape-note singing. It shows their gatherings and the music they make together.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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