Celebrating Gospel Music - a podcast by WNYC Studios

"Say Amen, Somebody" captures the early pioneers of gospel music, Willie Mae Smith and Thomas Dorsey, in a celebratory documentary that will move even non-believers. Director George Nierenberg made the film in the early 1980s and it's now been lovingly restored for re-release.

— Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers

For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

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