The Performed Word

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Anthropology Film Center Foundation

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: Producer, Gerald L. Davis ; scriptwriters, Gerald L. Davis, Ernest Shanagawa ; directors, Ernest Shanagawa, Carlos de Jesus Based, in part, on producer's thesis, The performed African-American sermon (University of Pennsylvania) Performance as a form of expression, particularly that of black preachers, is examined; includes excerpts from services and interviews with E.E. Cleveland (Church of God in Christ); relationships with music and culture also discussed