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  • How They Got Over (2018)
  • TV-14
    87 min | Documentary, Music
How They Got Over (2018)
TV-14
87 min | Documentary, Music

How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.
Director
Writer
Producers
Composer
Donald Stark (additional music composed & performed by)
Cinematographers
Robert Clem | J. Alan Hostetter (as Alan Hostetter) | Tommy Wier
Editor
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Updated Jan 28, 2018

Release date
Jan 28, 2018 (United States)

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Cast

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50 cast members
Name Known for
J.W. Alexander
Self - The Pilgrim Travelers, Specialty Records (voice) Self - The Pilgrim Travelers, Specialty Records (voice)   See fewer
Ira Tucker
Self - Dixie Hummingbirds (archive footage) Self - Dixie Hummingbirds (archive footage)   See fewer
Issac Freeman
Self - Fairfield Four / Skylarks (archive footage) Self - Fairfield Four / Skylarks (archive footage)   See fewer
Iola Pugh
Self - The Consolers (archive footage) Self - The Consolers (archive footage)   See fewer
Sullivan Pugh
Self - The Consolers (archive footage) Self - The Consolers (archive footage)   See fewer
Jerry Zolten
Self - Producer / writer Self - Producer / writer   See fewer
Joyce Jackson
Self - Gospel Quartet Historian Self - Gospel Quartet Historian   See fewer
Opal Louis Nations
Self - Writer / producer (as Opal Nations) Self - Writer / producer (as Opal Nations)   See fewer
Bob Marovich
Self - Broadcaster Self - Broadcaster   See fewer
Bob Beatty
Self - Heavenly Gospel Singers Self - Heavenly Gospel Singers   See fewer
Otis Clay
Self - Gospel / R&B singer (archive footage) Self - Gospel / R&B singer (archive footage)   See fewer
Clarence Fountain
Self - Blind Boys of Alabama Self - Blind Boys of Alabama   See fewer
Linwood Heath
Self - Disc Jockey Self - Disc Jockey   See fewer
Dennis Edwards
Self - Temptations Self - Temptations   See fewer
Spencer Taylor
Self - Highway QC's Self - Highway QC's   See fewer
Willie Rogers
Self - Soul Stirrers Self - Soul Stirrers   See fewer
JoJo Wallace
Self - Sensational Nightingales Self - Sensational Nightingales   See fewer
Thomas Spann
Self - Brooklyn All Stars Self - Brooklyn All Stars   See fewer
Joe Ligon
Self - Mighty Clouds of Joy Self - Mighty Clouds of Joy   See fewer
John Anantua
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
Inez Andrews
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Joel Austin
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
Brian Barrentine
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
Emily Brams
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Archie Brownlee
Self (credit only) Self (credit only)   See fewer
Howard Carroll
Self - Dixie Hummingbirds (archive footage) Self - Dixie Hummingbirds (archive footage)   See fewer
Julius Cheeks
Self - Sensational Nightingales (archive footage) (as Reverend Julius Cheeks) Self - Sensational Nightingales (archive footage) (as Reverend Julius Cheeks)   See fewer
Margie Cheeks
Self - Margie Cheeks & The Gospel Knights (archive footage) Self - Margie Cheeks & The Gospel Knights (archive footage)   See fewer
Dorothy Love Coates
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sam Cooke
Self (credit only) Self (credit only)   See fewer
Louis Dix
Self - Blind Boys of Alabama (archive footage) Self - Blind Boys of Alabama (archive footage)   See fewer
Thomas A. Dorsey
Self (credit only) Self (credit only)   See fewer
J.J. Farley
Self - Soul Stirrers Manager (credit only) Self - Soul Stirrers Manager (credit only)   See fewer
Stefan Holdbrook
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Chris Jason
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
Claude Jeter
Self (credit only) Self (credit only)   See fewer
Charles Johnson
Self - Sensational Nightingales (archive footage) Self - Sensational Nightingales (archive footage)   See fewer
Sky Lakota-Lynch
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
Sally Martin
Self (credit only) Self (credit only)   See fewer
Jimmy Outler
Self - Soul Stirrers (archive footage) Self - Soul Stirrers (archive footage)   See fewer
Don D. Robey
Self - Peacock Records (credit only) Self - Peacock Records (credit only)   See fewer
Roscoe Robinson
Self (credit only) Self (credit only)   See fewer
Alexander Rumph
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
George Scott
Self - Blind Boys of Alabama (archive footage) Self - Blind Boys of Alabama (archive footage)   See fewer
Kortnee Simmons
Drama Sequence Actor Drama Sequence Actor   See fewer
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jackie Verdell
Self - Davis Sisters (archive footage) Self - Davis Sisters (archive footage)   See fewer
James Walker
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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