PBA’s ‘Tell Me The Story’ Explores the Black Church Experience In Atlanta

This week on PBS stations throughout the nation, including our own ATL PBA, an extraordinary and compelling documentary from Dr. Henry Louis Gates debuts. The four-part series is called “The Black  Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song.”

The series tells a 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, tracing and connecting its African roots to modern day experiences of African-Americans. In addition to worship, the series shows the many roles of the church, which the Rev. Al Sharpton describes as the “epicenter of Black life.” The culture of a Black church includes music, praise dances, gospel songs, hymns, and fashion.

A bonus feature to “The Black Church” has been created by Public Broadcasting Atlanta multiplatform producers Brianna Carr and Jaime Green. The feature, “Tell Me The Story” is specific to Atlanta and it explores the Black church experience in our city. They both joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to talk about this project.