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The Jones Family Will Make a Way @ SLIFF

The Jones Family Will Make a Way
Alan Berg, U.S., 2014, 82 min.
Friday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., KDHX
For 30 years, Bishop Fred Jones and his family have performed on the Southern gospel circuit, largely unseen by those outside the Pentecostal faith. When the Bishop, despite objections from many within his faith, decides to take his family's musical ministry outside the church, he unexpectedly connects with the oddest of allies -- a jaded, atheistic rock critic who also happens to be a gospel historian. To Michael Corcoran, the Jones Family Singers represent a living link to a style of gospel he thought had disappeared. These most unlikely of friends bond through one shared trait -- a deeply rooted rebelliousness. As the Jones Family moves into the secular world, they win instantly devoted fans, including the New York Times' Jon Pareles, who praised the "rip-roaring gospel performers from Texas" when they appeared at a world-music fest this January. "It was all joyful praise, brilliantly timed with one crescendo after another," says Pareles. "If they hadn't been playing in Webster Hall's basement, they might have torn off the roof."
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