Tag: Amazing Grace
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Jennifer Hudson Will Earn Oscar ‘Respect’ as Aretha Franklin
Actors will love Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect.” Thirteen years after the Queen of Soul first approached Jennifer Hudson, who had just won her “Dreamgirls” Oscar, with the idea of playing her in a movie, “Respect” wrapped filming in February 2020, one month before lockdown. MGM decided to push back the movie from December…
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ Make International Documentary Association Awards Short List
The Aretha Franklin documentary “Amazing Grace,” the moon-mission chronicle “Apollo 11” and the first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” have made the short list for the International Documentary Association’s 2019 Ida Documentary Awards, the Ida announced on Thursday.The announcement narrows the field to 30 feature films and 21 shorts that…
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Documentarians Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus Launch New Production Company — Exclusive
With documentaries on the rise and multiple backers and outlets for non-fiction films, two veteran filmmakers — married producer-financier Dan Cogan and producer-director Liz Garbus — have decided to launch their own production company, Story Syndicate. Clearly, it’s a propitious time: The public’s appetite for non-fiction stories has never been greater, as movies ranging from…
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Amazing Grace review – soul-shaking gospel from Aretha Franklin
A spellbinding performance by the late, great singer is captured in Sydney Pollack’s 1972 film – finally brought to the screen after a long technical and legal battleThe 1970s may have been the heyday of the rock concert film, but the genre was frequently marred by questionable performances and legal squabbles. Whether it’s Led Zeppelin…
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Amazing Grace review – euphoric vision of Aretha Franklin’s gospel glory
This documentary, shot during recording sessions by the charismatic queen of soul in a Los Angeles church, is a transcendent joyThere’s an oceanic swell of euphoria and joy in this extraordinary film, effectively a rediscovered concert movie showing the creation of Aretha Franklin’s gospel LP, Amazing Grace, recorded over two nights in 1972 in front…
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‘Mike Wallace is Here’ Review: A Complicated Portrait of a Public Figure
One of the emerging trends in the films at this year’s True/False documentary film festival in Columbia, Missouri has been curated footage. Several of the films at this year’s festival, like Apollo 11, Amazing Grace and now director Avi Belkin’s film Mike Wallace is Here, are made up entirely of archival content, either presented in…
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National Society of Film Critics Names ‘The Rider’ Best Picture
The National Society of Film Critics announced their 2019 award winners Saturday afternoon, with winners including Olivia Colman for “The Favourite” and Ethan Hawke for “First Reformed.”Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider” took home the best picture title, with Alfonso Cuaron taking best cinematography for “Roma” and Regina King earning a nod for “If Beale Street Could…
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Aretha Franklin Documentary ‘Amazing Grace’ Will Set a Film Forum Record
Aretha Franklin documentary “Amazing Grace” will set a one-week record for New York’s Film Forum, where it opened December 7 — the same day that Neon announced that the company acquired it for distribution.The box-office calculation is based on sold-out shows and advance sales through December 13, when it’s on track to make at least…
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Aretha Franklin Documentary ‘Amazing Grace’ Acquired by Neon for March 2019 Release
Neon has acquired the North American rights to “Amazing Grace,” the Aretha Franklin documentary film that made its world premiere at Doc NYC and then screened at the AFI Film Festival in November, the distributor announced.The company is planning a March 2019 theatrical release, and it has already opened in New York and Los Angeles…