The poster for "They Got Over," with the title framed by famous black gospel singers.
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Flicks in the Park: How They Got Over
City Hall Park

Featured at dozens of festivals in the U.S. and abroad, "How They Got Over" looks at black gospel quartets of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s as harbingers both of rock and roll and the breaking down of racial walls in mid-twentieth-century America.

Watch the trailer

 

Presented in Partnership with VTIFF 

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2021 Park programming is underwritten by Northfield Savings Bank and Pomerleau Real Estate.

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