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Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop
Hello My Good Brother Strange - I can not remember ever seeing it. What is it about and is it on DVD?
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Bro. AB, it is always a blessing to see you around. Like you, I cried at the news of Bishop Patterson's death. I knew he had been battling cancer for a while, but I had prayed and hoped that he would beat it.
I know you pretty good as far as your taste of music is concerned. You have got to rent "Say Amen Somebody."
It is the story of some of the early black song writers and composers and singers. It contains a lot of the old, old black artists whose names slip my mind at the moment, but when you see the titles of the songs that they wrote, you will remember them.
It is more of a documentary with some of the old black artist that were still alive at the time. It is very moving. There was one scene in it where they were honoring an old black song writer, composer and singer who was way up in his 90s. The church in Chicago was completely decorated and consecrated for the service honoring him. All of the ladies had on white with white gloves. It was very moving to see them consecreate around the altar. As the music was playing and they were sining one of the songs that the old black man had composed way back in the 1920 or 30s, he comes slowly shuffling into the church with assistance.
Man, that was a powerful scene. In it, many of the old artists were interviewed. Some of the songs that they had written were sung.
It's powerful. I know that you would probably not return it to the video store...claiming that a flying saucer came down and a bad dog jumped out, attacked you and ate it.
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