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Amazing Grace

A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.

Director

Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack

Year

Genre

documentary, music

Box Office

$4,450,456

Production

Sundial Pictures,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks,Al's Records And Tapes,Rampant,TIME Studios

Awards

2 wins & 15 nominations

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Aretha Franklin

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James Cleveland

Self - Choir Director

Alexander Hamilton

Self - Guitar

Self - Organ

Self - Percussion

Self - Drums

Bernard Pretty Purdie

Self - Bass

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Christine Adams

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

James A. Broomfield

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Themselves - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Odessa L. McCastle

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Stanley B. Miller

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Linda Jean Ovenland

Themselves - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Donna J. Hammond

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Josephine Howard

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Johannie Pearl Knox

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Linda J. Payton

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Diane M. Ratcliff

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Gilbert Stanley

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Annette May Thomas

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Bobby Washington

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Self - The Southern California Community Choir

Barbara Ann Wilson

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Southern California Community Choir

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Self - Director

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Self - Audience

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If you go from this,
into the learning, - Amazing Grace

If you go from this, into the learning,

We'd like to thank you for coming tonight - Amazing Grace

We'd like to thank you for coming tonight

And we want you tonight
to be a part of this session. - Amazing Grace

And we want you tonight to be a part of this session.

We want you to, you know, - Amazing Grace

We want you to, you know,

Many of you
who never had the opportunity - Amazing Grace

Many of you who never had the opportunity

I'd like for you to be mindful
though, that this is a church - Amazing Grace

I'd like for you to be mindful though, that this is a c...

Those of you who are not hip
to giving vent to the spirit, - Amazing Grace

Those of you who are not hip to giving vent to the spirit,

Aretha's got
some fantastic people - Amazing Grace

Aretha's got some fantastic people

It's been a privilege and
a pleasure to work with them, - Amazing Grace

It's been a privilege and a pleasure to work with them,

And tonight,
I want you to relax - Amazing Grace

And tonight, I want you to relax

And whatever you hear tonight, - Amazing Grace

And whatever you hear tonight,

And if I seem a little misty,
it's just because I'm happy. - Amazing Grace

And if I seem a little misty, it's just because I'...

And I'd like for you
at this time to welcome - Amazing Grace

And I'd like for you at this time to welcome

Won't you receive the
Southern California Community Choir. - Amazing Grace

Won't you receive the Southern California Community Cho...

Now, the young lady that
we've all been waiting to hear. - Amazing Grace

Now, the young lady that we've all been waiting to hear...

She's known by many names, - Amazing Grace

She's known by many names,

But it's my pleasure tonight
to just say, my sister, - Amazing Grace

But it's my pleasure tonight to just say, my sister,

Now, as you know,
this is a recording session - Amazing Grace

Now, as you know, this is a recording session

So, if you said "Amen"
on it first, - Amazing Grace

So, if you said "Amen" on it first,

And if we have to
take it over again, - Amazing Grace

And if we have to take it over again,

She could have very easily - Amazing Grace

She could have very easily

And the only reason
we wanted to do it live - Amazing Grace

And the only reason we wanted to do it live

So now, those of you here
got to sound like about 2,000. - Amazing Grace

So now, those of you here got to sound like about 2,000.

Our first selection tonight
is gonna be a little number - Amazing Grace

Our first selection tonight is gonna be a little number

And it's called "Wholy Holy". - Amazing Grace

And it's called "Wholy Holy".

Ladies and gentlemen,
Aretha Franklin, - Amazing Grace

Ladies and gentlemen, Aretha Franklin,

Wholy holy - Amazing Grace

Come together wholy - Amazing Grace

Come together wholy

People, we 've got to
come together - Amazing Grace

People, we 've got to come together

Because we need the strength - Amazing Grace

Because we need the strength

We should believe
in each other's dreams - Amazing Grace

We should believe in each other's dreams

We 've got to come together - Amazing Grace

We 've got to come together

Because we need the strength,
the power - Amazing Grace

Because we need the strength, the power

We can conquer things forever - Amazing Grace

We can conquer things forever

Jesus left a long time ago - Amazing Grace

Jesus left a long time ago

He left us a book to believe in - Amazing Grace

He left us a book to believe in

And in it we 've got a lot to learn - Amazing Grace

And in it we 've got a lot to learn

Do you know that we can - Amazing Grace

Do you know that we can

Now, we going right on - Amazing Grace

Now, we going right on

You know, being the daughter
of a Baptist minister, - Amazing Grace

You know, being the daughter of a Baptist minister,

We got together
and put our heads together - Amazing Grace

We got together and put our heads together

WHATA FRIEND
WE HAVE IN JESUS - Amazing Grace

WHATA FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

What - Amazing Grace

-What
-What a privilege - Amazing Grace

-What -What a privilege

-What
-What a friend - Amazing Grace

-What -What a friend

What peace we often - Amazing Grace

What peace we often

PRECIOUS MEMORIES - Amazing Grace

PRECIOUS MEMORIES

How - Amazing Grace

How - Amazing Grace

Of the midnight - Amazing Grace

Of the midnight

Yes, he will - Amazing Grace

Sad hours - Amazing Grace

Love is told - Amazing Grace

Jesus, Jesus - Amazing Grace

Sacred - Amazing Grace

Lord whispers - Amazing Grace

I wonder,
is there anybody here - Amazing Grace

I wonder, is there anybody here

Let me hear you say, "Yeah." - Amazing Grace

Let me hear you say, "Yeah."

You know,
when you get the feeling - Amazing Grace

You know, when you get the feeling

Yeah - Amazing Grace

How many of you love the Lord?
Let me see your hands. - Amazing Grace

How many of you love the Lord? Let me see your hands.

Why don't you shake hands
with somebody next to you - Amazing Grace

Why don't you shake hands with somebody next to you

We've taken for the next song, - Amazing Grace

We've taken for the next song,

Going to sing it one way, - Amazing Grace

Going to sing it one way,

And I want you to know
that it doesn't really matter, - Amazing Grace

And I want you to know that it doesn't really matter,

Same words,
but we're singing it - Amazing Grace

Same words, but we're singing it

And Jesus said,
"Call my name, - Amazing Grace

And Jesus said, "Call my name,

And troubled - Amazing Grace

Ain't nothing - Amazing Grace

Close - Amazing Grace

You just call - Amazing Grace

I'd like for you to be mindful though that this is a church - Amazing Grace

I'd like for you to be mindful though that this is a...

And I'll be there - Amazing Grace

And I'll be there

You sure got a friend
You got a friend in Jesus - Amazing Grace

You sure got a friend You got a friend in Jesus

In Jesus - Amazing Grace

Oh, wherever you are - Amazing Grace

Oh, wherever you are

The next song needs no introduction - Amazing Grace

The next song needs no introduction

The other day in rehearsal,
Aretha began to sing it... - Amazing Grace

The other day in rehearsal, Aretha began to sing it...

And when she got
to the part that says, - Amazing Grace

And when she got to the part that says,

Because never did we think,
I think, 20 years ago, - Amazing Grace

Because never did we think, I think, 20 years ago,

AMAZING GRACE - Amazing Grace

Amazing - Amazing Grace

How sweet - Amazing Grace

The - Amazing Grace

That - Amazing Grace

Like - Amazing Grace

L was - Amazing Grace

But - Amazing Grace

I 'm - Amazing Grace

Was - Amazing Grace

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A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack

Writer: N/A

Production: Sundial Pictures,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks,Al's Records And Tapes,Rampant,TIME Studios

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 94/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $4,450,456

Released: 05 Apr 2019

Awards: 2 wins & 15 nominations

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