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Amen: The Life and Music of Jester Hairston (2013)
Video | 45 min | Documentary

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Amen: The Life and Music of Jester Hairston (2013)

Video | 45 min | Documentary

AMEN: The Life and Music of Jester Hairston, is the story of composer-arranger Jester Hairston who popularized and preserved the Spiritual, the source from which all of African American music flows, from slave songs to hi-hop.

Director

Lillian Benson

Writers

Lillian Benson (co-writer) | Noland Walker (co-writer)

Producer

Hansonia Caldwell

Cinematographers

Michelle Crenshaw | Joe Staton

Editor

Lillian Benson

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Updated Oct 29, 2015

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