A forthcoming movie based on one of the greatest voices of the 20th century, Aretha Franklin, will soon be released. The movie titled Amazing Grace chronicles the infamous gospel concert, which was originally filmed in 1972 by the late great film director Sydney Pollack. However, what most people aren’t aware of is that the film laid silent in the Warner Bros. vaults for close to 38 years.
The recorded concert, which was filmed over two days in a gospel church in Los Angeles, went on to become the highest selling gospel album in history and Franklin’s best-selling album of her career.
Producer Alan Elliott has put together more than 20 hours of 16mm footage to make the film viewable for audiences, Variety reports that Amazing Grace will be released later this year.
Check out the trailer for Amazing Grace below – If you pay close attention, apparently you can see Mick Jagger clapping at the back of the room:
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