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Jubilee Singers sacrifice and glory

Title
Jubilee Singers [videorecording] : sacrifice and glory / a production of WGBH Boston ; produced with the assistance of Nashville Public Television ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, Llewellyn.
  • Ward, Andrew, 1946-
  • McCullough, David G.
  • Graham, Dion.
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • WNPT (Television station : Nashville, Tenn.)
  • WGBH Educational Foundation.
  • PBS Home Video.
Description
1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Portrays the history of the Jubilee Singers, who started as an ex-slave choir singing spirituals on fundraising tours to keep Fisk University from folding. Includes recreations of their historic performances and draws on letters, photographs, and diaries to portray their early years.
Uniform Title
American experience (Television program)
Subject
  • Jubilee Singers (Fisk University) > History
  • Fisk University > History
  • Choirs (Music) > United States > History
  • Spirituals (Songs) > United States > History and criticism
  • African Americans > Music > History and criticism
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre/Form
Video recordings.
Note
  • Originally broadcast as a segment of the television series: The American experience.
Credits (note)
  • Produced and directed by Llewellyn Smith ; written by Llewellyn Smith & Andrew Ward ; editor, Jean Boucicaut ; narrated by Dion Graham.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Language (note)
  • Closed-captioned.
ISBN
0780631439
LCCN
794054825831
OCLC
  • ocm44138556
  • SCSB-1269672
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library