DYNAMIC VOCES FOR A DIVERSE CHURCH

THIS IS PASS THE MIKE.

Greetings and God bless. Welcome to another episode of PASS THE MIKE. DYNAMIC VOCES FOR A

DIVERSE CHURCH POWERED BY THE WITNESS A BLACK CHRISTIAN COLLECTIVE. I AM YOUR HOST.

Jamar Tisby. That's right. I got you. It made it. I got you just for a second. You

thought it was Tyler. Well, you are going to hear from my co-host Tyler Burns in just

a moment as he interviews Angelica Washington, who is one of the stars in the film, Praise

This. It's just released and it is now streaming on the peacock network. It is directed by Tina

Gordon, and it starts Chloe Bailey. And the description goes something like this. When

aspiring musical superstar Sam is forced to join her cousin's struggling underdog praise

team in the lead up to a national championship competition, she sees an opportunity to finally

make her dreams come true. So this is a very short interview, but Tyler does his thing

as a masterful interviewer. Angelica has really crisp, helpful, insightful responses. So

I hope you will enjoy this interview as a warm up to watching the film praise this or

as further context if you've already seen it.

Hi Angelica. Hi. Thank you so much for joining us on PASS THE MIKE. How are you doing?

I'm great. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to chat with you.

Now, you were on set with some mega stars in the gospel world, in the mainstream world,

just as someone who is walking alongside these musical legends and people were household names,

what was that like in the filming of this movie? Honestly, incredible. Very different for me,

but like so exciting because I'm used to just working with actors, you know, but I love it.

And, you know, Jacqueline Carr, Karen Hawthorne, there's some of my closest friends now. I've

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