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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.[2][3] 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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Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
Directed by	Matt Hinton Erica Hinton
Written by	Matt Hinton Erica Hinton John Plunkett
Produced by	Matt Hinton
Narrated by	Jim Lauderdale
Cinematography	Matt Hinton Erica Hinton
Edited by	Matt Hinton w/ Jennifer Brooks
Music by	William Billings William Walker B. F. White E. J. King
Distributed by	Awake Productions
Release date	24 September 2006 (2006-09-24) (Birmingham Sidewalk Film Festival)[1]
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

The Sacred Harp singers:

• Richard DeLong
• Raymond Hamrick
• Richard A. Ivey
• Rodney Ivey
• Warren Steel
• Judy Caudle
• Joyce Smith Walton
• Hugh McGraw
• Carlene Griffin
• Charlene Wallace
• Jim Carnes
• Elene Stovall
• Terry Wootten
• Jeff and Shelbie Sheppard
• Lonnie Rogers
• Ted Mercer
• William Reynolds

See also

• List of American films of 2006
• Performance practice of Sacred Harp music

References

External links

• Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp at IMDb
• Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp at AllMovie
• Official website
• Official Online Store
• Online hub of Sacred harp singing

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