PBS series will include feature on United Methodist pastor
5/28/2003 News media contact: Tim Tanton · (615) 742-5470 · Nashville, Tenn. By United Methodist News Service The
Rev. Cecil Williams, chief executive officer of Glide Memorial United
Methodist Church in San Francisco, will be featured in a PBS television
series on the African-American religious experience through the last
three centuries.
"This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual
Journeys" is a six-part series that will air on PBS June 24-26 (check
local TV listings for times). The series traces African-American history
from the early days of slavery in America to the civil rights movement
of the 1950s and '60s and into the 21st century, and explores the
connections between faith and African-American cultural values.
Each
hour-long episode focuses on a different aspect of African-American
religious history. The third hour, "Guide My Feet," includes an account
of how the Rev. Cecil Williams "takes his religious faith and his
compassion for all people to the streets and builds the Glide Memorial
United Methodist Church congregation," according to a press release from
WGBH Boston, which is presenting the series on PBS with the Independent
Television Service.
The series was produced by Blackside Inc.
and The Faith Project. It was conceptualized by the late Henry Hampton, a
filmmaker whose work included "America's War on Poverty," the Peabody
and Emmy Award-winning "Eyes on the Prize" and "Malcolm X: Make it
Plain." Hampton died in 1998.
Lorraine Toussaint, of TV's "Any Day Now" and "Crossing Jordan," narrates the series.
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