{"id":47724,"date":"2019-03-06T17:48:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=47724"},"modified":"2019-03-06T17:48:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:48:11","slug":"amazing-grace-in-cinemas-may-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/amazing-grace-in-cinemas-may-10\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAZING GRACE IN CINEMAS MAY 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>STUDIOCANAL\u00a0are very excited to\u00a0release the exhilarating trailer for AMAZING GRACE, the never-before-seen footage taken during the intimate recording of Aretha Franklin\u2019s iconic album, ahead of its rousing cinematic release on 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2019.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- Random Ad stuff --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1971, Aretha Franklin, the undisputed Queen of Soul, brought producer Jerry Wexler, her backup singers, and the legendary Atlantic Records rhythm section to The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts to record an album of gospel music before an enthusiastic live audience. The result, &#8216;Amazing Grace&#8217;, went on to become the top-selling gospel record of all time, the biggest album of Aretha Franklin\u2019s career, and one of her most beloved works.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But even as the album gained fans around the world, few realized that those inspirational sessions had not only been recorded, they had been filmed by a camera crew led by Oscar winning filmmaker Sydney Pollack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pollack and his team spent two nights capturing Franklin at the height of her powers, as she thrilled a shouting and dancing audience that included Franklin\u2019s father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, gospel legends Clara Ward and Mother Ward of the Ward Family Singers, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts, and the members of The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church. But due to technical problems, and conflicts over rights, their film has never been seen. Until now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No one who loves music will want to miss this thrilling film, which is both a revealing look at a key moment in American musical and social history, and an invaluable record of one of America\u2019s greatest artists doing what she did best.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gkKOIQwTiKE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STUDIOCANAL are very excited to release the exhilarating trailer for AMAZING GRACE, the never-before-seen footage taken during the intimate recording of Aretha Franklin\u2019s iconic album, ahead of its rousing cinematic release on 10th May 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5200,15853],"tags":[111,19797,7444,6405,11472,19803,792,19800,27,1325,19804,77,19799,19802,12498,19798,19801,19805,13354],"class_list":["post-47724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-films","category-new-releases-films","tag-album","tag-amazing-grace","tag-aretha-franklin","tag-atlantic-records","tag-charlie-watts","tag-clara-ward","tag-film","tag-jerry-wexler","tag-los-angeles","tag-mick-jagger","tag-mother-ward","tag-new-release","tag-queen-of-soul","tag-reverend-cl-franklin","tag-studiocanal","tag-sydney-pollack","tag-the-new-temple-missionary-baptist-church","tag-the-ward-family-singers","tag-trailer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-cpK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77116,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/08\/as-we-celebrate-the-historic-lionesses-four-outstanding-artists-release-a-classic-cover-in-honour-of-the-queen-of-soul-aretha-franklin-the-original-lioness\/","url_meta":{"origin":47724,"position":0},"title":"As we celebrate the historic Lionesses, four outstanding artists release a classic cover in honour of the \u2018Queen of Soul\u2019 Aretha Franklin, the original Lioness.","author":"Steve Holley","date":"09\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Marie Naffah, Celine Love. 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