All proceeds from the soundtrack will be used to support the Hester’s Heritage Foundation. Suggested $20 donation.
Learn more about the Hester’s Heritage Foundation at
www.hestersheritage.org
Recorded live at Dark Root Studios, Rome, Georgia
Audio Producer: Austen Earp
"Her Name was Hester" Film Story:
Stacie Marshall moves back to her ancestral farm in Dirt Town Valley, Georgia, USA. She wrestles with the reality of her farm having held enslaved humans and it haunts her. She must find a way to make amends. In this process of reconciliation and filming, she is approached by a New York Times National Food Correspondent, who joins in the documentation of the story and it ends up on the cover of the New York Times July 4, 2021. A story passed down within Mrs. Marshall’s family about an enslaved woman, Hester, who served as a wet nurse to her ancestors and was eventually buried among them prompts Mrs. Marshall to engage in genealogical research and reconciliation efforts with her neighbors. Along the way, with the counsel and collaboration of her neighbors and trusted mentors, Betty and Melvin Mosley, Mrs. Marshall makes a surprising and emotional discovery that will change the community forever.
The film is a community project, co-produced by Dr. Brian Campbell of Berry College and Mountain Mama Farms and the Hester’s Heritage Foundation, in association with A Million Things Productions and Brand Red Studios, with funding from the Georgia Humanities Council and Berry College Faculty Development.
The project includes contributions from Berry College students and alumni, faculty, Dark Root Studios, and an array of local musicians, including the Mosley Family, Jeneal Johnson and Jackie Shropshire-Hammond, the mother-daughter duo, the Barbaric Yawps, and Kindred Fire. This soundtrack resonates with the power of community and love.
Credits
○ The Mosley Family
■ First Lady Betty and Pastor Melvin Mosley
■ Apostle Eric and Maydia Mosley
■ Jori (Mosley) McDaniel
■ Brad Mosley
■ Bethany Ware
■ Teresa Allen
○ Kindred Fire
■ Haley Smith
■ Austen Earp
○ The Barbaric Yawps
■ Jeremy Guider: Mandolin, Guitar
■ Joel Keene: Bass
■ Thomas Ryan: Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin
■ Jim Watkins: Guitar, Mandolin
■ Austen Earp
released November 10, 2022
released November 10, 2022
1. “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” written by Joseph M. Scriven, performed by Betty and Melvin Mosley
2. "Charlottesville" written by Thomas Ryan, performed by the Barbaric Yawps
3. “At the Cross” written by Isaac Watts, performed by Jeneal Johnson and daughter Jackie Shropshire-Hammond
4. “Roots” written by Haley Smith, performed by Kindred Fire
5. “Come On People” Traditional Spiritual, performed by the Mosley Family
6. "Farther Along" Traditional Spiritual, performed by the Barbaric Yawps
7. “Victory” written by Brenda Waters, performed by Jeneal Johnson and daughter Jackie Shropshire-Hammond
8. “Stand!” written by John P. Kee, performed by the Mosley Family
9. “Summertime” written by George Gershwin, performed by Jeneal Johnson and daughter Jackie Shropshire-Hammond
10. “God is my Everything” written by Percy Gray, performed by the Mosley Family
11. “Roots” written by Haley Smith, instrumental performed by Kindred Fire
12. “What a Friend we have in Jesus” written by Joseph M. Scriven, performed by the Barbaric Yawps
License
Some rights reserved. Not-for-profit Fair Use.
Her Name was Hester Soundtrack and Film (C) Ozarkadia Films