Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 – 11:45 am in the Vestry.
Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice (2008; 84 minutes)
This film chronicles the history, music, and cultural impact of Sweet Honey in the Rock, a Grammy Award-winning African American female a cappella group with musical roots combining jazz, blues, sacred songs of the Black Church such as spirituals, hymns, and gospel.
The documentary, directed by the legendary African American film maker Stanley Nelson, Jr., uses concert footage and rehearsals, archival stills, and reflections by ensemble members, as well as interviews with scholars and cultural commentators. Ysaye Maria Barnwell, one of the founding members of Sweet Honey in the Rock, attends All Souls Church, Unitarian, in Washington, DC where she founded the multi-racial Jubilee Singers.
