Friday, 04 September 2009 13:44
Arkansas Portraits: The Shape Note Singers
VHS, 30 min., 1985
The fading but not forgotten shape note singing still exists in the back road churches and singing camps of rural Arkansas as well as in the electrifying Black church services. What is shape note singing? This film takes you to those who know and those who practice the art.
The fading but not forgotten shape note singing still exists in the back road churches and singing camps of rural Arkansas as well as in the electrifying Black church services. What is shape note singing? This film takes you to those who know and those who practice the art.
Category:
Music