Songs of Freedom (TV series)

Songs of Freedom
Genre documentary
Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete
Starring Measha Brueggergosman
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 5
Production
Producer(s) Barbara Willis Sweet
Production company(s) Rhombus Media
Release
Original network Vision TV
Original release February 2 – February 27, 2015

Songs of Freedom is a Canadian performing arts documentary series, which aired on Vision TV in 2015.[1] Starring opera singer Measha Brueggergosman and produced to celebrate Black History Month, the series consisted of a 90-minute live concert special of Brueggergosman performing a program of African-American spiritual songs, followed by a four-part documentary series about Brueggergosman exploring her African heritage.

The series garnered four Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[2] It won three awards, including Direction in a Documentary Program (Barbara Willis Sweete), Editing in a Documentary Program (David New) and Sound in a Non-Fiction Program (Peter Sawade, David Rose, L. Stu Young, Lou Solakofski, Martin Gwynn Jones, Krystin Hunter and Jane Tattersall).[3]

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