WMHT to Premiere Original Documentary Featuring Gospel Music in the Capital Region
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ALBANY — WMHT Public Media will hold a free, public screening for the premiere of its new documentary, Echoes of Praise: Gospel Music in NY’s Capital Region.
The event takes place 6 p.m. on Feb. 9 at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, 339 Central Ave., Albany, featuring preview clips of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s GOSPEL and companion concert Gospel LIVE! and will conclude with a live performance by The Heavenly Echoes Gospel Band. The event is free, but registration is required at: https://bit.ly/48UuQ3W
The WMHT documentary was produced to complement the Black History Month launch of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s four-hour PBS docuseries GOSPEL, and provides a window into local gospel music in NY’s Capital Region. It showcases several area congregations with deep connections to gospel music, including Sweet Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in Albany, Bethel Baptist Church in Troy, Friendship Baptist Church in Schenectady, and Metropolitan New Testament Mission Baptist Church in Albany. It will premiere on WMHT at 9 p.m. on Feb. 12.