Preaching to the Choir

For the Vincent Herring album, see Preaching to the Choir (album).

Preaching to the Choir is a 2006 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Charles Randolph-Wright and starring Billoah Greene, Darien Sills-Evans, Novella Nelson, Janine Green, Rosa Arredondo, Eartha Kitt, Tichina Arnold and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

Preaching to the Choir
Directed by	Charles Randolph-Wright
Written by	Kevin Hefferman Peter E. Lengyel
Produced by	Peter E. Lengyel Richard Perello
Starring	Billoah Greene Darien Sills-Evans Novella Nelson Janine Green Rosa Arredondo Eartha Kitt Tichina Arnold Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Cinematography	Robert Barocci
Edited by	Melody London Jaycob Craycroft
Music by	Nona Hendryx
Production companies	CodeBlack Entertainment Catalan Films TV One Radio One
Distributed by	Freestyle Releasing
Release date	April 14, 2006 (2006-04-14)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Billoah Greene as Teshawn
• Darien Sills-Evans as Wesley
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Bull Sharky
• Janine Green as Kia
• Novella Nelson as Aunt June
• Tuffy Questell as Stumpy
• Eartha Kitt as Sister Nettie
• Patti LaBelle as Sister Jasmine
• Rosa Arredondo as Rachel
• Tichina Arnold as Desiree
• Tim Reid as Prophet

Release

The film was released on April 14, 2006.^[1]

Reception

The film has a 36% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on fourteen reviews.^[2]

John Anderson of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Despite the ungainly script and direction, the climactic performances — including one by young singer Anny Jules –absolve the movie of most of its sins."^[3]

Bruce Westbrook of the Houston Chronicle also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Nor does it sermonize at the expense of entertaining. Instead, it melds gospel and hip-hop for a music-driven tale of twin brothers who reconnect."^[4]