Amazing Grace (2018)
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.
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A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.
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Genre:Music, Documentary
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In Theaters:12/7/2018
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Runtime:87 minutes
Studio:Sundial Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Al's Records And Tapes, Rampant, TIME Studios
Cast
Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack
Director
Aretha Franklin
Self (archive footage)
James Cleveland
Self (archive footage)
C.L. Franklin
Self (archive footage)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
Self (archive footage)
Chuck Rainey
Self (archive footage)
Clara Ward
Self (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Watts
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Hamilton
Self (archive footage)
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