Conversations with Voice of the Arts

Matt Hinton – Awake, My Soul

Max Arbes talks to filmmaker Matt Hinton about his film Awake, My Soul The film chronicles the history, music and tradition of Sacred Harp singing, the oldest surviving American music form. Hinton talks about the film and its ability to simply, accurately describe this form of music that has survived hundreds of years tucked away from view.

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