SHOWING:
3 pm, Sun. 9/24 @ Harbert Center
THE STORY OF THE SACRED HARP (75 min.)
directed by Matt and Erica Hinton
* Directors Matt & Erica Hinton are scheduled to attend.
AWAKE MY SOUL is the first feature documentary about Sacred Harp singing, a haunting form of a cappella, shape note hymn singing with deep roots in the American south. Shape note singing has survived over 200 years tucked away from notice in the rural Deep South, where in old country churches, singers break open 'The Sacred Harp', a 160 year old shape note hymnal which has preserved these fiercely beautiful songs which are some of the oldest in America The film offers a glimpse into the lives of this 'Lost Tonal Tribe' whose history is a story of both rebellion and tradition. The filmmakers spent 7 years documenting this significant, yet largely unknown art form.
Directors Bio:
Matt and Erica Hinton, are Sacred Harp singers from Atlanta, GA who met while they attended Georgia State University, where Erica studied English and Film and Matt studied Religion and English. It was in Erica's documentary film class at Georgia State that the seed for the documentary was sown. AWAKE MY SOUL is the Hinton's first feature length documentary.
