"Rejoice and shout"
(DVD) 

Wide screen (1.78:1).

"A jubilant journey through gospel music history"--Container.

Originally produced ©2010.

Special features: additional interviews: Marie Knight, Andraé Crouch, Darrel Petties, "stronger than I've ever been"; Rejoice & shout trailer.

Summary adapted from container.

Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Norfolk Jubilee Quartet, The Utica Quartet, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Clara Ward Singers, Brother Joe May, Shirley Caesar, The Caravans, The Soul Stirrers, The Swan Silvertones, Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, Blind Boys of Alabama, The Staple Singers, Reverend James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, The Selvy Family, Darrel Petties, Bill Carpenter, Anthony Heilbut, Jacquie Gales Webb, Smokey Robinson, Mavis Staples, Ira Tucker, Ira Tucker Jr., Willa Ward, Marie Knight.

Covers the 200 year musical history of African-American Christianity, featuring the legends of Gospel music, including The Staple Singers, The Clara Ward Singers, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Traces the evolution of gospel music through its many styles--the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing, the emergence of "soul," and the blending of rap and hip-hop elements. Connects the history of African-American culture with gospel as it first impacted popular culture at large and captures what is special about this music and African-American Christianity.

MPAA rating: PG; for some thematic material and incidental smoking.

Closed-captioned. Soundtrack in English with optional subtitles in Spanish.