Amazing Grace
The late director Sydney Pollack’s behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin’s best-selling album Amazing Grace finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack
Actors: Alexander Hamilton, Aretha Franklin, Bernard Pretty Purdie, C.L. Franklin, Chuck Rainey, Clara Ward, James Cleveland, Southern California Community Choir
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