A massive rookie mistake — director Sydney Pollack and his 16-millimeter film crew forgot to use a clapperboard synchronizing the sound with the image for each new take —delivered roughly 20 hours of ...

But “Amazing Grace” is not the greatest hits concert film you’d expect. “Amazing Grace” documents the two nights in January 1972, 47 years ago, that Franklin, at the height of her youthful fame, ...

“We are on our way. . . . We’re on our journey home!” So declares the silver-clad choir, in buoyant triplets, upon entering the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, in Watts, Los Angeles. Theirs is ...

A time capsule that’s as fresh and powerful an experience as it must have been when recorded live in Watts in 1972, Amazing Grace is arguably one of the year’s most-anticipated films arriving after ...

Aretha Franklin shares the spirit in a moment from the newly released 1972 documentary “Amazing Grace.” *If you love and appreciate true American “soul” and gospel music, not to mention one of the ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: What would you say if you had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall while the incomparable Aretha Franklin sang her heart out at the New Temple Missionary Baptist ...

“We want you to give in to the spirit,” says Rev. James Cleveland, who acts as the showrunner in Amazing Grace, a resuscitated 1972 performance documentary showing Aretha Franklin recording the live ...

The miraculous concert documentary “Amazing Grace” acts as a sublime tribute to the great Aretha Franklin. But the story behind its release is nearly as eventful and drama-filled as the final film.

A massive rookie mistake — director Sydney Pollack and his 16-millimeter film crew forgot to use a clapperboard synchronizing the sound with the image for each new take — delivered roughly 20 hours of ...