Aretha Franklin is taking a very hands-on approach with the movie being made about her life: She approved a story treatment based on her memoir, has commissioned a script, and is negotiating with ...

Forty-three years ago, director Sydney Pollack filmed the recording of Aretha Franklin’s seminal gospel album Amazing Grace with the intention of making a documentary about it. But various technical ...

Even well-worn notes can sound freshly resonant in the right hands. A new film about Franklin's early years doesn't entirely avoid biopic... Aretha Franklin Biopic Pays Proper 'Respect' To The Queen ...

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“Amazing Grace” is a film that chronicles a landmark performance the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, gave of the eponymous double album at a Los Angeles church in 1972. For years, it has been seen by ...

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