# The Performed Word

Producer, Gerald L. Davis ; scriptwriters, Gerald L. Davis, Ernest Shanagawa ; directors, Ernest Shanagawa, Carlos de Jesus

Based, in part, on producer's thesis, The performed African-American sermon (University of Pennsylvania)

Performance as a form of expression, particularly that of black preachers, is examined; includes excerpts from services and interviews with E.E. Cleveland (Church of God in Christ); relationships with music and culture also discussed

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1982
- By: Davis, Gerald L, Shanagawa, Ernest, Jesus, Carlos de, Cleveland, E. E., 1897?-, Anthropology Film Center Foundation
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/theperformedword)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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