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Can You Hear God Crying?

2014 • 1h12m Music

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World première recording of Hannibal Lokumbe's 'spritatorio' Can You Hear God Crying, which combines jazz, gospel and chamber music with West African prayers and songs. The piece, commissioned by Philadelphia philanthropist Carole Haas Gravagno, is about the composer's great-great-grandfather, who was born in the Sahara, kidnapped and enslaved in Liberia, and sold at auction in Charleston, S.C. He escaped to Texas, where he bought land and had a family.

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Director

Matthew Conant

Cast

Hannibal Lokumbe

Release date

11/11/2014

Status

Released

Origin country

US