VisionTV Celebrates Black History Month with the world premiere of SONGS OF FREEDOM starring superstar soprano Measha Brueggergosman Monday, February 2, 2015 at 10pm ET/7pm PT and Fridays - February 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10pm ET/7pm PT On Monday, February, 2, 2015 at 10pm ET, VisionTV will celebrate Black History Month with the world premiere broadcast of Songs of Freedom, a new 90-minute film from Rhombus Media’s Barbara Willis Sweete starring the internationally acclaimed Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman. Every Friday in February at 10pm ET, VisionTV will also broadcast the premieres of 30-minute Songs of Freedom episodes featuring additional footage from Measha’s performances. In Songs of Freedom, Measha performs for the first time, an intensely powerful and spiritual collection of 18 ‘Freedom Songs’, like Amazing Grace, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Go Down Moses, that emerged from Africa via the slave trade to America, then to Canada via the United Empire Loyalist migration and the Underground Railroad. As Measha explores the role music played throughout these turbulent chapters in North American history, she also discovers her roots and embarks on a life-changing odyssey to meet her ancestors in Cameroon, Africa. There, Measha learns about her heritage, is initiated into their traditions, and uncovers the story of her familys harrowing journey from Africa to slavery in America, and ultimately to freedom in Maritime Canada, where she and her family live today. Under the musical direction of Aaron Davis, Songs of Freedom’s score includes Amazing Grace • Blessed Assurance • Deep River • Go Down Moses • Go Tell it on the Mountain • He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands • His Eye is on the Sparrow • I Surrender All • In the Garden • Partons, La Mer Est Belle • Ride on King Jesus • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child • Steal Away • Swing Low Sweet Chariot • This Little Light of Mine • Wade in the Water • Were You There? and features the Nova Scotia Mass Choir conducted by Marko Simmonds, the Ebenezar Choir of Cameroon, and introduces the charismatic Cameroon vocalist Sanzy Viany. Online, VisionTV will support the broadcast with a media rich easy-to-navigate website and mobile interactive songbook application for iPad and iPhone. Both the website SongsOfFreedom.ca (coming soon) and the Songs of Freedom App are centered around Measha’s full-length performances of 10 Freedom Songs as seen in the feature film and series. Articles, photos, and archival documents will give further context to the songs and a sing-along feature that generates synchronized lyrics of Measha’s performance will invite the online audience to share in their power. Exclusively for online viewing, four music performances have been recorded live on location in Cameroon, Nova Scotia and Ontario, using a 360° spherical camera. This user-controlled technology allows the audience to watch Measha’s performance from every point of view as if they were actually there standing beside her. The app will be available on iTunes (Search: Songs of Freedom). VisionTV Presents Songs of Freedom with Measha Brueggergosman Monday, February 2, 2015 at 10pm ET/7pm PT and Fridays - February 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10pm ET/7pm PT A Rhombus Media Production Music Produced & Arranged by Aaron Davis Produced and Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete Executive Producers Niv Fichman & Moses Znaimer Supervising Producer, ZoomerMedia Joan Jenkinson Digital Platform Design by DEEP Inc. WHERE TO WATCH VISIONTV Rogers 60 + 237 (GTA) BellTV 261 Shaw Direct 394 or check your local listings Full schedule available at visiontv.ca MEDIA CONTACT/INTERVIEW REQUESTS Leanne Wright ZoomerMedia Limited [email protected] 416.886.6873 VisionTV is available in 10 million homes and is Canada’s only English language specialty channel that airs multi-faith, multicultural and family oriented entertainment programming. VisionTV is owned and operated by ZoomerMedia Limited (TSXV: ZUM).
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:36:02 +0000
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