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Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp

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| director = Matt Hinton
Erica Hinton

| producer = Matt Hinton

| writer = Matt Hinton
Erica Hinton
John Plunkett

| narrator = Jim Lauderdale

| starring =

| music = William Billings
William Walker
B. F. White
E. J. King

| cinematography = Matt Hinton
Erica Hinton

| editing = Matt Hinton w/ Jennifer Brooks

| distributor = Awake Productions

| released =

| runtime = 75 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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'Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Matt and Erica Hinton, and narrated by Jim Lauderdale. It follows the folk tradition of Sacred Harp singing, a type of shape-note singing, kept alive by amateur singers in the rural American South.

Cast



The Sacred Harp singers:

*Richard DeLong

*Raymond Hamrick

*Richard A. Ivey

*Rodney Ivey

*Warren Steel

*Judy Caudle

*Joyce Smith Walton

*Hugh McGraw

*Carlene Griffin

*Charlene Wallace

*Jim Carnes

*Elene Stovall

*Terry Wootten

*Jeff and Shelbie Sheppard

*Lonnie Rogers

*Ted Mercer

*William Reynolds

See also



* List of American films of 2006

* Performance practice of Sacred Harp music

References




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