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Title: Meet the Filmmaker\nStart Date / Time: Mar 12, 2015 14:00 PM US/Eas
tern\nLocation: NY NATAS\nSpeaker: \nMeet the Filmmaker: Paula Orndoff\n
“How Sweet the Sound”\n Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015\n
Location: NY NATAS, 1375 Broadway (between 37th and 38th Streets), Suite
2103\n Reception: 6:00-6:30 PM ~ Program: 6:30-8:00 PM\n \n *Fr
ee to NY NATAS Members! \n$15 for those without current NY NATAS membershi
p.\n\n Produced & Moderated by Sumner Jules Glimcher.\n \n \nHow
Sweet The Sound is, essentially, a documentary film about music, Appalach
ian Gospel music. At the end of the Friday evening service, a few of the p
arishioners from the little Scrabble Creek Pentecostal Holiness church in
Gauley Bridge – a little river town in West Virginia – have gone, inst
ruments in hand, directly over to the Pastor’s house for another hour or
two of singing and playing gospel music…. self-trained and unrehearsed,
they move from one song to the next, many of which they have written and
composed.\n \nBut to regard these casual gatherings as little more than ev
enings of joyful music is to misunderstand the cultural significance of wh
o they are and the music they play. These are members of the Holiness Chur
ch, a serpent-handling church, a religious Pentecostal sect, established a
hundred years ago\; and it is out of that religion – a religion that ma
ny experts believe may be disappearing - that the music, linked to a vanis
hing Appalachian way of life, has come.\n \nThis is coal-mining country. M
ichael Lanham, the pastor of the church was a coal miner. His father, a co
al miner, died in the mines. His brother, aged 27, died in the mines. Life
is hard, uncertain. But there is a religion to hold fast to, to believe i
n.\n \nAnd the music itself is fundamental, essential to a cultural unders
tanding of the Holiness Church, the Serpent-handling church, as it is popu
larly called. The music they compose they regard as God-given\; a gift fro
m God. To have learned their instruments was, again, a gift from God. And
the music they now play is, in their beliefs, a tribute and a testimony to
the Lord and basic to the role of the church. “Music”, Pastor Lanham
observes, “is the heart of the church. Without music,” he concludes ve
ry simply, “it wouldn’t be church to me.”\n \nCo-Director Morten Par
ker, who passed away in May, 2014 at age 94, was a distinguished film dire
ctor, writer and producer with some fifty documentary and narrative films
to his credit. Among his more notable awards and citations were two Acade
my Award nominations\; First Prize, Venice Film Festival\; Four CINE Golde
n Eagle Awards\; First Prizes and Film of the Year Awards, Canadian Film A
wards\; First Prize, Associated Film Writers Competition\; Golden Sheaf
Awards, Best Drama, Best Direction\; Robert Flaherty Film Award\; etc., et
c. \n \nCo-Director Paula Orndoff has worked at Hallmark Entertainment -
at that time the world’s largest producer and distributor of television
movies and mini-series - under the aegis of David Picker, on half a dozen
movies and mini-series, Turner Broadcasting and Discovery Communications.
She has worked as producer, director, cinematographer, camera, editor, etc
. on numerous independent projects. \n\n\n Space is limited. You
must RSVP to info@nyemmys.org to reserve a seat.\n Please write “How
Sweet the Sound” in the Subject Box.\n\n\n\n\n--- This iCal file does *
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Event Title: Meet
the Filmmaker
https://www.nyemmys.org/events/762/
When: Mar 12, 2015 14:00 PM US/EasternSpeaker:
Meet the Filmmaker: Paula Orndoff
“How Sweet the Sou
nd”
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Loc
ation: NY NATAS, 1375 Broadway (between 37th and 38th Streets), Suite 2103
Reception: 6:00-6:30 PM ~ Program: 6:30-8:00 PM
*Free to NY NATAS Members! $15 for those without current NY NA
TAS membership.
Produced & Moderated by Sumner Jules Gli
mcher.
How Sweet The Sound is, essentially,
a documentary film about music, Appalachian Gospel music. At the end of t
he Friday evening service, a few of the parishioners from the little Scrab
ble Creek Pentecostal Holiness church in Gauley Bridge – a little river
town in West Virginia – have gone, instruments in hand, directly over to
the Pastor’s house for another hour or two of singing and playing gospe
l music…. self-trained and unrehearsed, they move from one song to the n
ext, many of which they have written and composed. But to regard these c
asual gatherings as little more than evenings of joyful music is to misund
erstand the cultural significance of who they are and the music they play.
These are members of the Holiness Church, a serpent-handling church, a re
ligious Pentecostal sect, established a hundred years ago\; and it is out
of that religion – a religion that many experts believe may be disappear
ing - that the music, linked to a vanishing Appalachian way of life, has c
ome. This is coal-mining country. Michael Lanham, the pastor of the chur
ch was a coal miner. His father, a coal miner, died in the mines. His brot
her, aged 27, died in the mines. Life is hard, uncertain. But there is a r
eligion to hold fast to, to believe in. And the music itself is fundamen
tal, essential to a cultural understanding of the Holiness Church, the Ser
pent-handling church, as it is popularly called. The music they compose th
ey regard as God-given\; a gift from God. To have learned their instrument
s was, again, a gift from God. And the music they now play is, in their be
liefs, a tribute and a testimony to the Lord and basic to the role of the
church. “Music”, Pastor Lanham observes, “is the heart of the church
. Without music,” he concludes very simply, “it wouldn’t be church t
o me.” Co-Director Morten Parker, who passed away in May, 2014 at age
94, was a distinguished film director, writer and producer with some fifty
documentary and narrative films to his credit. Among his more notable aw
ards and citations were two Academy Award nominations\; First Prize, Venic
e Film Festival\; Four CINE Golden Eagle Awards\; First Prizes and Film of
the Year Awards, Canadian Film Awards\; First Prize, Associated Film Wri
ters Competition\; Golden Sheaf Awards, Best Drama, Best Direction\; Robe
rt Flaherty Film Award\; etc., etc. Co-Director Paula Orndoff has work
ed at Hallmark Entertainment - at that time the world’s largest producer
and distributor of television movies and mini-series - under the aegis of
David Picker, on half a dozen movies and mini-series, Turner Broadcasting
and Discovery Communications. She has worked as producer, director, cinem
atographer, camera, editor, etc. on numerous independent projects. Space is limited. You must RSVP to info@nyemmys.org to
reserve a seat. Please write “How Sweet the Sound” in the Subject B
ox. --- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registra
tion.Event details subject to change. ---
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