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Local Sightings Best of 2019: Patrinell: The Total Experience [Online]
Fri Mar 27: 8.00pm PST
Sat Mar 28: 8.00pm PST
Sun Mar 29: 8.00pm PST
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** Awarded BEST FEATURE FILM by festival jury! **
Patrinell: The Total Experience
(Tia Young & Andrew Elizaga, Seattle, WA, 2019, 94 min)
Seattles extraordinarily gifted First Lady of Gospel, Rev. Patrinell Staten Wright, struggles to maintain the world-famous Total Experience Gospel Choir that she has directed for 45 years despite the exodus of African Americans from the rapidly gentrifying, historically black neighborhood of Seattles Central District. Fiercely independent, strong-willed and outspoken, she confronts bigotry, patriarchy, and social injustice along an uphill journey to share faith and build community through music.
Reverend Patrinell Staten Wright is the closest thing Seattle has to the Queen of Soul (albeit with a heavier emphasis on church life), and this film portrays the septuagenarian gospel/R&B singers inspirational story with utmost reverence. Dave Segal, The Stranger
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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