A late entrant into the Oscar documentary race could prove a formidable contender.
Amazing Grace, which documents the live recording of Aretha Franklin’s gospel album in 1972, had been mired in technical and legal limbo for 46 years before its dramatic and unexpected debut at the Doc NYC festival last month. Since then it has rapidly picked up steam with a last-minute Oscar-qualifying run in New York and La theaters, earning a rapturous response from a legion of admirers—Spike Lee among them.
“One of the greatest concerts ever put to film,” declares Lee, who hosted a private screening in La on Friday night, adding “As we know, Aretha is one of the world’s treasures—not just the United States of America, but the world’s treasures.”
There is ample evidence to support that opinion in the footage, which was originally filmed by director Sydney Pollack over two nights at...
Amazing Grace, which documents the live recording of Aretha Franklin’s gospel album in 1972, had been mired in technical and legal limbo for 46 years before its dramatic and unexpected debut at the Doc NYC festival last month. Since then it has rapidly picked up steam with a last-minute Oscar-qualifying run in New York and La theaters, earning a rapturous response from a legion of admirers—Spike Lee among them.
“One of the greatest concerts ever put to film,” declares Lee, who hosted a private screening in La on Friday night, adding “As we know, Aretha is one of the world’s treasures—not just the United States of America, but the world’s treasures.”
There is ample evidence to support that opinion in the footage, which was originally filmed by director Sydney Pollack over two nights at...
- 12/10/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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