Amazing Grace, The Gospel According to Aretha Franklin

A documentary to celebrate Black History Month.

Concert film of the Queen of Soul’s 1972 gospel shows has taken decades to see the light of day — and it’s more than worth the wait, according to Rolling Stone magazine. 

“It’s the closest thing to witnessing a miracle — just some cameras, a crowd and a voice touched by God. Over two days in January of 1972, Aretha Franklin got up to sing out her gospel at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, backed by the Southern California Community Choir. A film crew was there to catch the Queen of Soul blow the roof off the place. Not to get closer to the Lord — surely He was already listening — but to testify to his glory with the black church music that helped form her and fired her faith. The live recording of the concert became Franklin’s biggest bestseller. Eight months after Franklin’s passing at the age of 76, it still is.”