Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp


Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp is a 2006 documentary film directed by Matt and Erica Hinton, and narrated by Jim Lauderdale. It follows the folk tradition of Sacred Harp singing, a type of shape-note singing, kept alive by amateur singers in the rural American South.

Cast

The Sacred Harp singers:
  • Richard DeLong
  • Raymond Hamrick
  • Richard A. Ivey
  • Rodney Ivey
  • Warren Steel
  • Judy Caudle
  • Joyce Smith Walton
  • Hugh McGraw
  • Carlene Griffin
  • Charlene Wallace
  • Jim Carnes
  • Elene Stovall
  • Terry Wootten
  • Jeff and Shelbie Sheppard
  • Lonnie Rogers
  • Ted Mercer
  • William Reynolds