Amazing Grace (2018)★ 7.5/10
- Documentary
- Music
Directed by: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack
In 1972, Aretha Franklin’s gospel concerts in Los Angeles were filmed by Sydney Pollack but left unfinished for decades, until producer Alan Elliott fulfilled Pollack’s wish to complete Amazing Grace.
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Cast & crew
Aretha FranklinSelf (archiveFootage)
James ClevelandSelf (archiveFootage)Alexander HamiltonSelf - Choir Director (archiveFootage)Cornell DupreeSelf - Guitar (archiveFootage)Kenny LuperSelf - Organ (archiveFootage)Poncho MoralesSelf - Percussion (archiveFootage)
Bernard Pretty PurdieSelf - Drums (archiveFootage)Chuck RaineySelf - Bass (archiveFootage)Christine AdamsSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Alonzo AtkinsSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Lucy AyersSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)James A. BroomfieldSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Eugene BryantSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Syndrul DraheThemselves - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Mary Ann HallSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Margerie LuperSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Charles MaySelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Esther McIsaacSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Odessa L. McCastleSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Stanley B. MillerSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Linda Jean OvenlandSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Rashi ParkThemselves - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Donna J. HammondSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Betty HollinsSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Josephine HowardSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Sherman JamesSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Dolores JonesSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Johannie Pearl KnoxSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Linda J. PaytonSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Diane M. RatcliffSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Gwendolyn ReedSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Gilbert StanleySelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Annette May ThomasSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Bobby WashingtonSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Aundie WodsonSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Barbara Ann WilsonSelf - The Southern California Community Choir (archiveFootage)Southern California Community ChoirThemselves (archiveFootage)
C.L. FranklinSelf (archiveFootage)
Sydney PollackSelf - Director (archiveFootage)
Clara WardSelf (archiveFootage)
Mick JaggerSelf - Audience (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Charlie WattsSelf - Audience (uncredited) (archiveFootage)