Rejoice and Shout
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  • Summary: Rejoice and Shout traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles – the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements. Gospel music also walklked in step with the story of African-American culture - slavery, hardscrabble rural existence and plantation work, the exodus to major cities, the Depression, World War II, civil rights and empowerment. Rejoice and Shout connects the history of African-American culture with Gospel as it first impacted popular culture at large. Years in the making, Rejoice and Shout captures so much of what is special about this music and African-American Christianity – the sermonizing, the heartfelt testimonials, getting slain in the spirit, the hard hollering, and of course the inspiring music. (Magnolia Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    Jun 23, 2011
    100
    Rejoice provides both a melodic education and a once-in-a-lifetime concert in one soul-stirring package.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    May 29, 2011
    80
    An overview of African-American gospel sounds whose dazzling talent-display should exhilarate viewers regardless of religious leanings.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Jun 3, 2011
    60
    Its straightforward approach is notably lacking the divine inspiration of its subject. But Don McGlynn's gospel documentary delivers so many moments of artistic ecstasy, we can forgive the plain wrapping.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Jun 3, 2011
    38
    Only rarely does the film present a genuine insight, such as the observation that many black people loved to dress up in their finest for church because, during the week, they were so often dressed as servants and manual laborers.

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