Mavis Staples

The actor-director discusses rapper Q-Tip isn't promoting the new documentary.

Lightning in a Bottle -- Lightning in a Bottle stars Jenna Bowers as Elysia, a college graduate recruited by a secret organization that protects a small Indiana town from dark magical forces. When people in the town start going missing, it's up to Greg (Josh Baker), the group's leader, and Ambrose (Eric T. Schroeder), a backwards living wizard, to stop the person or creature behind it.

REJOICE AND SHOUT is the definitive history of GOSPEL music - some of the most emotional and powerful music in the world, and the foundation of the blues, country and rock n' roll. Packed with evocative photos, rare audio, recordings, stirring film appearances and TV performances, REJOICE AND SHOUT is a jubilant journey through the 200 year musical history of African-American Christianity. Culled from hundreds of hours of music, REJOICE AND SHOUT features interviews and performances from the most celebrated voices in gospel music, including: Smokey Robinson, Mavis Staples and the Staple Singers, Mahalia Jackson, Clara Ward, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Andrae Crouch, The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Selvey Family, Darrel Petties and many more. REJOICE AND SHOUT traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles - the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements. Gospel music walks in step with the story of African-American culture - slavery, hardscrabble rural existence and plantation work, the exodus to major cities, the Depression, World War II, civil rights and empowerment. REJOICE AND SHOUT connects the history of African-American culture with Gospel as it first impacted popular culture at large. Years in the making, REJOICE AND SHOUT captures so much of what is special about this music and African-American Christianity - the sermonizing, the heartfelt testimonials, getting slain in the spirit, the hard hollering, and of course the inspiring music.

The Kennedy Center Honors, airs at 9:00 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 29th on CBS.

Singer Mavis Staples spoke with Russ Mitchell on the advice her father gave her when she was just 13-years-old and still carries with her to this day.

No wonder the music is so beautiful. God's on their side. REJOICE AND SHOUT is the definitive history of GOSPEL music - some of the most emotional and powerful music in the world, and the foundation of the blues, country and rock n' roll. Packed with evocative photos, rare audio, recordings, stirring film appearances and TV performances, REJOICE AND SHOUT is a jubilant journey through the 200 year musical history of African-American Christianity. Culled from hundreds of hours of music, REJOICE AND SHOUT features interviews and performances from the most celebrated voices in gospel music, including: Smokey Robinson, Mavis Staples and the Staple Singers, Mahalia Jackson, Clara Ward, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Andrae Crouch, The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Selvey Family, Darrel Petties and many more. REJOICE AND SHOUT traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements. Gospel music walks in step with the story of African-American culture slavery, hardscrabble rural existence and plantation work, the exodus to major cities, the Depression, World War II, civil rights and empowerment. REJOICE AND SHOUT connects the history of African-American culture with Gospel as it first impacted popular culture at large. Years in the making, REJOICE AND SHOUT captures so much of what is special about this music and African-American Christianity the sermonizing, the heartfelt testimonials, getting slain in the spirit, the hard hollering, and of course the inspiring music.

The Kennedy Center Honors, airs at 9:00 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 29th on CBS

Gospel singer Mavis Staples spoke with Russ Mitchell on how audiences could not believe a 13-year-old girl sang the voice they heard on the record "Uncloudy Day".

Lightning In A Bottle movie trailer - starring Bill Cosby, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Aaron Neville, Solomon Burke, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Theatrical Release Date: 10/22/2004 Genre: Documentary Rating: Not Rated

Jon greets the crowd and welcomes 4TROOPS to the stage to sing the national anthem.

Sane and/or fearful rally-goers demonstrate just how nuanced their political views are by trying to sum them up in pithy signs.

A promo clip from Rejoice and Shout which will play at the 2010 San Francisco Film Festival. This extensively researched documentary combines archival footage, rare recordings and interviews to trace the fascinating and rousing 200-year history of gospel music, featuring such giants as Mahalia Jackson, the Blind Boys of Alabama and Mavis Staples.