Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Louis Guida
- Abstract:
- Materials related to the film Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.
- Extent:
- 20 items(About)(About)
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[item], Louis Guida Collection, Special Collection LG, Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Winner of an American Film and Video Festival blue ribbon, the documentary explores the links and tensions of the sacred and secular in African American culture, as well as chronicling Moore's life from band leader to evangelical preacher. Described by King as "one of the greatest blues singers ever," Moore first gained fame singing in Chicago and Memphis during the 1930s and 1940s. Moore was converted to Christianity in a Chicago night club in 1949, causing him to leave the blues behind at the height of his career. He later became the South's first Black religious disc jockey and a pioneering civil rights radio reporter.
Guida is an award-winning producer and director. His other documentaries include When You Make a Good Crop, a CINE Golden Eagle winner about Italian American farmers, and All Day and All Night, a New Directors/New Films entry about the music of Beale Street.
- Scope and Content:
The Louis Guida Collection features the complete film footage and recordings used in the production of the filmmaker's 1992 documentary, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. The award-winning film presents the life of blues singer and songwriter the Rev. Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, best known for his hit, "Did You Ever Love a Woman?" The film includes interviews and performances by the musician and preacher Al Green, former NAACP Director Benjamin Hooks, blues great B.B. King, and rhythm and blues veteran Rufus Thomas.
Film footage highlights include:
A spontaneous performance by 78-year-old Moore singing "Did You Ever Love a Woman?" with Rufus Thomas at Club Royale in Memphis.
Moore preaching at churches in Memphis and Yazoo City and commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis (where the civil rights leader was assassinated).
Footage of Memphis' Beale Street, the historic Beale Street Church, and the venerable Peabody Hotel.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated in October 1993.
- Processing information:
Processed by BFCA staff.
- General note:
In 2022, the Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A) transitioned to its current name, the Black Film Center & Archive (BFCA). This finding aid was created under the organizational name Black Film Center/Archive. Upon this organizational name change, all previous references to the BFC/A were updated in this finding aid to match the current name, Black Film Center & Archive.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- African American actors.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Archivist.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[item], Louis Guida Collection, Special Collection LG, Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1320 East Tenth StreetHerman B Wells Library, Room 044Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-6041bfca@indiana.edu