Amazing Grace
Competition 2019
USA 2019
Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace
Competition 2019
USA 2019
Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace
Competition 2019
USA 2019
Aretha Franklin
Feb 15, 2019Joe Boyd, Alan Elliott
The producer with the director.
Competition – Amazing Grace
Feb 15, 2019Thomas Hailer, Alan Elliott, Joe Boyd, Andrea Goertler
Self-portrait with the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Amazing Grace
Feb 15, 2019Alan Elliott
The director realised the film with original 1972 footage.
Competition – Amazing Grace
Feb 15, 2019Alan Elliott
Ordering the pen to work: the director.
Competition – Amazing Grace
Feb 15, 2019Dieter Kosslick, Alan Elliott, Joe Boyd, Andrea Goertler
The Festival Director (in the red hat) with the director, the producer and his wife.
Competition – Amazing Grace
Feb 15, 2019Joe Boyd
The producer at the Press Conference.
Competition – Amazing Grace
Feb 15, 2019Alan Elliott
The director during the Press Conference.
Competition – Amazing Grace
Joe Boyd (Producer), Alan Elliott (Realisation, Producer)
Jenni Zylka (Moderation)
Press Conference at full lengthEntering the venue unobtrusively, she smiles briefly, gathers herself for a moment and then starts to sing. Gently at first, but then ever more powerfully, her voice begins to carry the audience away into the infinity of paradise.
In January 1972, Aretha Franklin made her legendary album ‘Amazing Grace’ with the Southern California Community Choir and Reverend James Cleveland in the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. At the height of her fame, she made the decision to return to where she began, to the world of gospel music. Recorded in two days, this live album was to become the most successful gospel record of all time. On it, Franklin sings songs like ‘How I Got Over’, ‘Precious Memories’ and provides an 11-minute rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’. The result is a concert film that celebrates human dignity and the longing for freedom and justice and is able to transcend nostalgia and intervene in discussions about the state of the modern world. It also provides ample evidence of the enduring charisma of this soul icon who died in August 2018.
USA 2019
English
Documentary form87’ · Colour
Aretha FranklinJames ClevelandThe Southern California Community ChoirAlexander Hamilton (Choir Director)Cornell Dupree (Guitar)Poncho Morales (Percussion)Bernard Purdie (Drums)Chuck Rainey (Bass)
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