By Armond White – NY Press
Rejoice and Shout offers the most magnificent, heroic examples of art to be found in any movie so far this year. This documentary history of gospel music begins with an aged Smokey Robinson contextualizing the form as the root of American pop music. Smokey’s reflection—”God is life”—purposely combines creative and spiritual inspiration. He introduces a cavalcade of performances by many of the gospel genre’s great figures that confirms how creativity and spirituality resulted in art that is both innovative and courageous. [Read More]