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  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary Through the intersection of gospel and hip hop, east coast and west coast, the sacred and the secular, Preaching to the Choir weaves a story of unconditional love and redemption, a story of community. (Codeblack Entertainment)

Directed By: Charles Randolph-Wright

Written By: Monica Lengyel Karlson, Kevin Heffernan, Peter Lengyel

  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m

Preaching to the Choir

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Summary Through the intersection of gospel and hip hop, east coast and west coast, the sacred and the secular, Preaching to the Choir weaves a story of unconditional love and redemption, a story of community. (Codeblack Entertainment)

Directed By: Charles Randolph-Wright

Written By: Monica Lengyel Karlson, Kevin Heffernan, Peter Lengyel

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While the film looks good, sense of place is never very convincing. Over time, however, director Charles Randolph Wright and screenwriters Kevin Heffernan and Peter E. Lengyel do manage to create well-defined characters, whose flaws are as important as their gifts.
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The whole movie is too predictable, its conflicts either forced or simplistic.
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
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A religious feel-good message, first and foremost. As for drama, well, it's a distant second. For the right audience, however, this reversal of priorities will work just fine.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
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Call this one "Brother Act." Instead of Whoopi Goldberg's Reno lounge singer in "Sister Act," Preaching to the Choir has a hip-hop star hiding out from a gangsta record producer in his estranged brother-minister's Harlem church.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
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Formulaic but innocuous little movie's one clever moment, a sing-off between choirs standing on their respective church steps, trying to lure in Sunday-morning worshippers.
By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cataland Films
Release Date Apr 14, 2006
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline A righteous comedy with a divinely inspired beat.
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Awards

American Black Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Nomination

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