Celebration of Gospel: Taking You Higher: Highest-Rated Gospel Special in Television History Released on DVD
Section: Religion
Kam Williams
Celebration of Gospel: Taking You Higher
Before you totally dismiss BET as a disgraceful wasteland of gangsta
videos, it might be time to reconsider the sepia network, since it is
apparently making an effort to upgrade its programming. Exhibit A is
Celebration of Gospel, a faith-based special which originally aired on
January 28, 2007.
The show was a mix of rousing spirituals and spoken word
readings, including performances by such Grammy-winning gospel greats as
Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond (This Is the Day), Kirk Franklin (Imagine Me)
and Pastor Shirley Caesar, on the one hand, and by pop icons like Fantasia
and Loretta Devine (The Lord's Prayer), on the other.
Among the luminaries making appearances are Blair Underwood,
Gabrielle Union, Quincy Jones, Keke Palmer, Lou Gossett, Jr. and Rob Brown,
while Tyler Perry is the beneficiary of a tribute for bringing his
religious-themed brand of theater to the masses. But the real reason to
check out this concert flick, staged at the famed Orpheum Theater in Los
Angeles, is for its sanctified soundtrack, filled with soul-stirring songs
likely to get Christian couch potatoes stomping on their feet as if they�re
choir members of a Baptist congregation who caught the spirit on Sunday
morning.
Can I get an Amen?
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