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