aretha franklin – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

AMAZING GRACE – Review by Brandy McDonnell

May 25, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments Amazing Grace, aretha franklin, documentary, sydney pollack

Those sorts of additions would have subtracted from the sheer power of Franklin belting the good news as she did growing up in Detroit. Franklin, then only 29, says almost nothing in the course of the 90-minute concert film, allowing Cleveland and choir director James Hamilton to provide the showmanship.

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AMAZING GRACE – Review by Martha K. Baker

April 16, 2019April 17, 2019 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments amaing grace, aretha franklin, documentary, gospel music, sydney pollack

Amazing Grace is an enlightening documentary, drawing listeners to an experience, to a history, to a wretch-changing sound. It takes you back to 1972, when Aretha Franklin at age 30 returns to her childhood church to record gospel songs.