His Eye is on the Sparrow materials, c.1999

Sub-Series (ap.afc.07.1999)

Extent
69 Video cassettes
2 Photo prints
1 Boxes
Part of
Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VII. Appalshop Films 1991-1999 > His Eye is on the Sparrow materials, c.1999
Scope and Contents
Contains material related to the color documentary His Eye Is On the Sparrow, a 1999 release.  The film profiles gospel singer Ethel Caffie-Austin.  Austin is interviewed and performs spirituals, hymns and contemporary gospel songs.  She is shown teaching gospel to a youth group, ministering to inmates at a state prison, and leading the choir at the Black Sacred Music Festival in Institute, WV.  Oral history, archival material, and interviews are combined with performance footage to chronicle Austin’s life.  Subjects include Appalachian African Americans, Appalachian women, gospel singers, and gospel music of the Appalachian region.

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