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Summary:

"Chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African American experience. Beginning with enslavement, traveling through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and ending in the present-day, Gates takes viewers on a journey through time, focusing on the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the Black Church. The series also explores the complexity of these spaces of worship at a time when many believe it is at a crossroads. A chorus of leading scholars, ministers, and cultural influencers who grew up in the Black Church will weigh in and give meaning to events past and present."--Container.

Table of Contents:

• The freedom faith
• A nation within a nation
• God will make a way
• Crisis of faith.

Contributors:

Holman, Stacey , television director, television producer

Harris, Shayla , television director, television producer

Bryson, Christopher , television director, television producer

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. , host, screenwriter

Burke, Kevin (Motion picture producer) , film producer

Winfrey, Oprah , commentator

West, Cornel , commentator

Pierce, Yolanda Nicole , commentator

Sharpton, Al , commentator

Pacheco, Adriana , editor of moving image work

Rossi, Antonio (Cinematographer) , director of photography

Smith, Graham (Cinematographer) , director of photography

Head, Matthew, 1982- , composer

McGee Media (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Inkwell Films (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Get Lifted Film Co. , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

African American churches — History

African Americans — Religion

African American churches

African Americans

United States

Genres:

Television programs

Documentary television programs

Television mini-series

Nonfiction television programs

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

History

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; stereo.

Performers:

Presenter, Henry Louis Gates Jr ; featuring Oprah Winfrey, Cornel West, Yolanda Pierce, Al Sharpton,

Production Credits:

Series producer, Stacey L. Holman ; producer/director, Shayla Harris ; producer, Kevin Burke, editor, Adriana Pacheco ; directors of photography, Tony Rossi, Graham Smith ; composer of original music, Matt Head.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally broadcast as a made for television documentary in 2020.
Wide screen.

Audience:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14 .

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

BLA 2020 DVD

ISBNs:

9781531713201
1531713203

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 841887044950
Publisher Number, PBS: SABC600

OCLC Numbers:

1232930512