Amazing Grace (2019)
NAME OF FILM: AMAZING GRACE
DIRECTOR(S): Sydney Pollack, Alan Elliott
STARRING: Aretha Franklin, Reverand James Cleveland, Southern California Community Choir
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Concert footage from 1972 of Aretha Franklin performing songs from the best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
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