The songs are free : with Bernice Johnson Reagon

The Resource The songs are free : with Bernice Johnson Reagon
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The songs are free : with Bernice Johnson Reagon
Title remainder
with Bernice Johnson Reagon
Statement of responsibility
a presentation of Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Title variation
Bernice Johnson Reagon and African-American music
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Language
eng
Summary
"Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of the musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and curator of the Community Life Division of the Smithsonian Institution, discusses with Bill Moyers how black music has shaped the African-American experience and identity. Reagon traces the role of early spirituals rooted in the black church to their inspirational use in the early Civil Rights movement. Live musical performances, educational workshops, and archival footage of Reagon and noted Civil Rights leaders are included. Reagon's work with Sweet Honey in the Rock is shown as continuing the tradition of black music as a source of resistance, courage, and pride, as well as determination and faith"--Container
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FHC
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videorecording
Credits note
Editing, Kathryn Barnier ; camera, Phil Gries, Murdoch Campbell, Wayne Paull, Henderson Wallace ; video, Bernard Russo
Language note
In English
PerformerNote
Host, Bill Moyers ; with Bernice Johnson Reagon ; musical performances by Bernice Johnson Reagon, SNCC Freedom Singers, and Sweet Honey in the Rock
Runtime
58
Series statement
Moyers
Technique
live action

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