The gospel of Lou della
Project Synopsis
Behind The Scenes
Client
Digifé
Director
Donnie Seals Jr.
Executive Producer
Eric D. Seals
Producer
Catherine Hoffman
Director of Photography
Eric D. Seals
The story of Gospel music and one of its prominent change makers on the South Side of Chicago.
The world is changing and Lou Della Evans-Reid, the mother of Black gospel music, is trying to figure out where she fits in this change. She has been committed to community work and the church for much of her 90-year-life, but what happens to an aging, and seemingly forgotten, gospel legend when church gatherings are forbidden in the midst of a pandemic? This is the story of Lou Della, who she was, how she made a name for herself, and her continued struggle of an evolving society that often neglects the needs of the elderly. Her story has yet to be told on film, despite being the creator of the sound of Black gospel music.
