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Carry Me Home: The Story of Nathaniel Dett Chorale
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Carry Me Home: The Story of Nathaniel Dett Chorale (2003)
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is proud to present the Canada
Award to the documentary "Carry Me Home: The Story & Music of the Nathaniel
Dett Chorale".
The Canada Award, supported by the Multiculturalism Program of the Department
of Canadian Heritage and by Craig Media Inc., honours excellence in mainstream
television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of
Canada. It aims to promote greater opportunities for ethnic and visible minority
profession¬als within the broadcasting industry on both sides of the camera.
Carry Me Home: The Story & Music of the Nathaniel Dett Chorale is directed
by Liam Romalis and Gerald Packer and produced by Liam Romalis for VisionTV.
The film is a documentary portrait of an extraordinary multi-racial choral ensemble,
led by Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, which celebrates the musical spirit of renowned
composer, R. Nathaniel Dett.
A towering figure in the history of black music, R. Nathaniel Dett is a Canadian-born
composer and conductor whose works wedded African-American spirituals and folk
songs to the classical tradition. Mr. Dett's life and music have inspired many
people, among them Brainerd Blyden-Taylor. Four years ago he founded the Nathaniel
Dett Chorale, a professional chamber choir. This film captures Mr. Blyden-Taylor
and the 20-member Chorale in performance, giving life to some of Mr. Dett's most
rousing works. It also provides insight into the composer's enduring influence
on black music in North America through interviews with such luminaries as jazz
pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, conductor and arranger Moses Hogan, and
Canadian singer Mary Lou Fallis. The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is dedicated to the
exploration of Afrocentric music in all its many forms: classical, spiritual,
gospel, jazz, folk, and blues.
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