Video:

Clearly shot on digital video, Let the Church Say Amen looks fine thanks to an excellent transfer from Film Movement. The fullscreen presentation is sharp, though the material is clearly not the most challenging to adapt for the home theater. The best element is the deep black level. However, the source material does show some faults, including lens flare.

Audio:

A stereo 2.0 track is all that is necessary for a documentary such as this, and the Film Movement transfer gives exactly that. It is clean and dialogue is well-separated – often a tricky proposition for an on-the-run shoot like a documentary.

Extras:

The Film Movement short film de jour is A Stolen Moment, a 16-minute peek at the future from director Audrey Cummings. Everyone wears medical scrubs, evidentially, and walks in single-file lines – no interaction is allowed. It's a pretty good idea for a full-length film, really, even if the short version feels too long. Again, Film Movement goes cheap on the short film, presenting it in non-anamorphic widescreen.

Otherwise, brief bios for the filmmakers are the only included extras.

Final Thoughts:

Flawed but, ultimately, satisfying, Let the Church Say Amen is an interesting exploration of the role of the church – not in faith, but in community. And in a poor neighborhood like so many of the neighborhoods in our nation's capital, community is often all the residents have. For those interested in documentaries, it is an easy title to recommend.