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Mahalia Jackson: The Power and The Glory

Narrated by Paul Winfield, this musical documentary follows the course of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson’s extraordinary life, from her humble beginnings as a sickly child singing in churches to her ascendancy to Carnegie Hall and the great stages of Europe.
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Dove Review

Wow! This is a powerful DVD set! Mahalia Jackson sings like few gospel artists can. She sings some wonderful songs such as “Getting Happy” and “A New Beginning” and “A Life in Transition”. These songs are encouraging and can inspire listeners of any age. This DVD set features a documentary about her life and a DVD of songs. The documentary shares her humble beginnings and how that God can use anyone dedicated to his service. Although her mother died when she was only five, Mahalia persevered and fought against poverty and racism and a lack of focus on gospel music to eventually sing at Carnegie Hall and be presented the first Grammy Award for a gospel artist.

We are more than glad to award our Dove Seal to this energetic two-disc DVD set. Give it a watch and a listen and soon!

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Archived footage of a man grabbing a woman by the hair; blacks are seen shoved and hosed with a powerful current and a man is hit with a Billy club during the riots and civil unrest of the fifties and sixties.

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A man says he lived for a short time in a house of prostitution when he was a boy.

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A man says Mahalia told a TV executive, in effect, "Go to H" but she actually just said if her manager could not be on the TV show she would not do the show.

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Violence

Archived footage of a man grabbing a woman by the hair; blacks are seen shoved and hosed with a powerful current and a man is hit with a Billy club during the riots and civil unrest of the fifties and sixties.

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Clips of people drinking in taverns; a few smoking scenes including cigarettes and a cigar; a photo is seen of a man smoking.

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A woman in a short skirt dances in a night club.

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It's mentioned a man gambled a lot; a woman goes through a couple of divorces; racism and civil unrest.

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