fbpx
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Sign up for Free Newsletter
  • Print Edition
    • Get Home Delivery
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Customer Support
    • Submit A News Tip
    • Where’s My Paper?
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial
Hudson Valley One
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Featured Events
      • Art
      • Books
      • Kids
      • Lifestyle & Wellness
      • Food & Drink
      • Music
      • Nature
      • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
    • Editorials
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Help Wanted
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Podcast
  • Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Featured Events
      • Art
      • Books
      • Kids
      • Lifestyle & Wellness
      • Food & Drink
      • Music
      • Nature
      • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
    • Editorials
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Help Wanted
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Podcast
  • Log In
No Result
View All Result
Hudson Valley One
No Result
View All Result

Aretha Franklin on screen in Amazing Grace in Woodstock

by HV1 Staff
April 29, 2019
in Art & Music, Stage & Screen
0
Aretha Franklin on screen in Amazing Grace in Woodstock

Aretha Franklin in the concert movie Amazing Grace (Neon)

Aretha Franklin in the concert movie Amazing Grace (Neon)

Over two nights in January 1972, the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, recorded a live album of music reflecting her gospel roots at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Joining her on the program were Rev. James Cleveland, Cornell Dupree, Rev. C. L. Franklin, Ken Lupper, Pancho Morales, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey and the Southern California Community Choir. The two-record set, Amazing Grace, went double-platinum and became the biggest-selling live gospel music album of all time, winning Franklin the 1973 Grammy for Best Soul Gospel Performance.

Amazing Grace is also the title of a documentary of the process of making the LP, directed by the great Sydney Pollack. But the 20 hours’ worth of film footage he shot ended up sitting in a vault for decades, because Pollack had neglected to use a clapperboard, and synching up sound with image became too daunting a task. Not until the advent of digital sound technology was Alan Elliott able, in 2010, to line up the visuals and soundtracks properly.

That wasn’t the end of the movie version’s troubles. Franklin sued Elliott twice for using her likeness without permission, preventing it from being shown at film festivals. Only after the singer’s death last year did her family and executors grant permission for the release of Amazing Grace.

And now it’s finally coming to a theater near you, as part of the programming for the Woodstock Film Festival’s 20th anniversary year. Amazing Grace will be screened at Upstate Films Woodstock at 2 p.m. this Sunday, April 28, with a live musical introduction by Simi Stone. Tickets cost $15 general admission, $12 for Upstate Films members. To order tickets, visit http://woodstockfilmfestival.com/events/amazinggrace.php.

Amazing Grace, Sunday, Apr. 28, 2 p.m., $15/$12, Upstate Films, 132 Tinker St., Woodstock, (845) 679-6608, http://woodstockfilmfestival.com

Before you click away... grab a free month of HV1. Get unlimited access. Get the news you've been missing. Get connected to your community. Keep local journalism alive at $5/mo., or cancel anytime. And enjoy summer!
- Geddy Sveikauskas, Publisher
Previous Post

Bruce Hornsby comes to UPAC

Next Post

An Evening of Poetry and Song with Garrison Keillor benefits Performing Arts of Woodstock

HV1 Staff

Related Posts

“Shelter” at White Pines
Art & Music

“Shelter” at White Pines

July 3, 2022
The greenest theater in America
Explore

The greenest theater in America

July 3, 2022
Bard 2022 festival spotlights Rachmaninoff, Molière, Strauss
Art & Music

Bard 2022 festival spotlights Rachmaninoff, Molière, Strauss

June 30, 2022
Clarence Bolton exhibit at Woodstock Historical Society
Art & Music

Clarence Bolton exhibit at Woodstock Historical Society

June 30, 2022
Led Zeppelin 1 at Colony in Woodstock July 1
Art & Music

Led Zeppelin 1 at Colony in Woodstock July 1

June 26, 2022
Bridge Music Dance Project unites ten dance companies on Walkway this Saturday
Stage & Screen

Bridge Music Dance Project unites ten dance companies on Walkway this Saturday

June 23, 2022
Next Post
An Evening of Poetry and Song with Garrison Keillor benefits Performing Arts of Woodstock

An Evening of Poetry and Song with Garrison Keillor benefits Performing Arts of Woodstock

Trending News

  • Something for everyone at the Saugerties Food Truck Festival  0.9k views
  • No contractors available for Saugerties schools work 850 views
  • Police searching for two in Woodstock burglary 784 views
  • Free shuttle service for Fourth of July festivities in Kingston 741 views
  • Shaggy lawns may mean fines in Saugerties 736 views







Latest HV1 Podcast

Weather

Kingston
◉
70°
Fair
5:27 am8:34 pm EDT
Feels like: 70°F
Wind: 4mph SW
Humidity: 96%
Pressure: 29.77"Hg
UV index: 0
ThuFriSat
82/64°F
84/63°F
82/55°F
Weather forecast Kingston, New York ▸

Ulster County COVID-19 Active Cases

Subscribe

Independent. Local. Substantive. Subscribe now.

  • Subscribe & Support
  • Sign up for Free Newsletter
  • Print Edition
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial

© 2022 Ulster Publishing

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Featured Events
      • Art
      • Books
      • Kids
      • Lifestyle & Wellness
      • Food & Drink
      • Music
      • Nature
      • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
    • Editorials
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Help Wanted
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Podcast
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Contact Us
    • Customer Support
    • Advertise
    • Submit A News Tip
  • Print Edition
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
    • Where’s My Paper
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Log In
  • Free HV1 Trial

© 2022 Ulster Publishing