| Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp | |
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| Directed by | Matt Hinton Erica Hinton |
| Produced by | Matt Hinton |
| Written by | Matt Hinton Erica Hinton John Plunkett |
| Narrated by | Jim Lauderdale |
| Music by | William Billings William Walker B. F. White E. J. King |
| Cinematography | Matt Hinton Erica Hinton |
| Editing by | Matt Hinton w/ Jennifer Brooks |
| Distributed by | Awake Productions |
| Release date(s) | 24 September 2006 (film festival) |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp is a 2006 documentary film directed by Matt and Erica Hinton, and narrated by Jim Lauderdale. It follows the folk tradition of Sacred Harp singing, a type of shape-note singing, kept alive by amateur singers in the rural American South.
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The Sacred Harp singers: