Director: Julie Dash
Writer(s): Julie Dash (screenplay); Gina Harrell; Angelyn DeBord (original stage play); Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (concept)
Starring: Urban Bush Women (Laurie Carlos, Viola Sheely, Terri Cousar)
Choreography: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Synopsis: This video uses stunningly beautiful and innovative techniques to tell the story of a young woman moved to dance by a powerful and creative spirit. Despite her mother’s disinterest, Hannah is driven to express herself artistically by angels that only she and her grandmother can see. Set and filmed in the South, PRAISE HOUSE combines theatre, dance and music based on rhythms and rituals that originated among African slaves.
Release Date: 1991 (USA) | Length: 25 min | Genre: Drama, Musical, Dance | MPAA Rating: NR
Note: Originally broadcast on the PBS television program: Alive from off center; music performed by cast with vocalist/guitar Ayodele Aubert and vocalist Carl Riley.
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- Cylla von Tiedemann, Courtesy of Urban Bush Women
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- Cylla von Tiedemann, Courtesy of Urban Bush Women
