“That heritage has kept me in the faith when I feel like America has given me a million reasons to abandon it,” he continued. I was reminded of the faith of my great grandmother and my grandmothers’ brothers. “I can’t ignore the personal sort of guttural reaction it was for me to see and be reminded of an entire history of my faith that is completely separate from the modern evangelical. “The biggest impact of the series is more the metanarrative of our ability to thrive and to take care of each other even while being deeply flawed. He said that watching the documentary “felt like a warm blanket.” When Propaganda, a rapper, poet, and host of the podcast Hood Politics with Prop, previewed the series, he felt the love. And that’s what has really carried it for 400 years.” “We’re showing that, through it all, African Americans have loved the church. “In a love letter, you write down all the joys, you write down all the pains, you talk about the history of something that you cherish, that you value,” Holman said. Stacey Holman, series producer and director, told Sojourners that the documentary is “a love letter” to the Black church in which Gates himself was raised.
“It’s a reaffirmation of a church born out of struggle that has kept a people, encouraged a people, equipped a people,” said Copeland-Tune, who serves on the community advisory council of WETA, a public broadcasting station that partnered with PBS to present the series. Leslie Copeland-Tune, chief operating officer for the National Council of Churches, told Sojourners that “the series gives a holistic and in-depth look at this wonderful aspect of American life.” The documentary debuts on the same day that Gates’ book, also titled The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, will be released. It is shot in churches across the country with special attention to how music evolved within the Black church over time. William Barber II, BeBe Winans, and Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, among others. The four episodes feature interviews with prominent African Americans, including Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Bishop Michael Curry, Cornel West, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Rev. Resiliency is our brand,” said Rev. Otis Moss III and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr., who is also the documentary’s executive producer, the series traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and culminating in the present day. “There are so many untold stories of Black resilience. 16, PBS will air the first episode of a four-hour, two-part series, The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song.
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