Amazing Grace
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.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Alan Elliott
Actors: Alexander Hamilton, Aretha Franklin, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, C.L. Franklin, Charlie Watts, Chuck Rainey, Clara Ward, James Cleveland, Mick Jagger, Sydney Pollack
Country: United States
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