Nearly 40 years since its cinematic release, 'Say Amen, Somebody' — a documentary about the men and women who pioneered African American gospel music — has been restored and re-released to theaters.
Dorsey was a popular blues pianist and arranger — he was best known as Ma Rainey's band leader, until he took the blues and adapted it to sacred music. In the film, he tells the story of how the death of his wife and their newborn child led him to church music.
Nierenberg's other main character was Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, one of gospel's pioneering female ministers and performers, and a mentor to younger singers. "He is coming in as a collaborator with them, as opposed to this notion or feeling of voyeurism," she says."He is understanding the dynamics at play and he has a sensitivity to the story and the people — truly to the people — and respects them. And I think that that respect is then reflected in the way in which the film is produced and directed."
In the film, Mother Smith talks about her husband's resistance to her traveling; Delois Barrett Campbell's husband objects, too.
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