Amazing Grace

when aretha's father stood up in the middle of “Never Grow Old”, grabbed a cloth and wiped the sweat from her face so she could continue singing 😭😭. i'm an absolute sucker for the physical, communal effects of music and this is a terrific document of it. the bizarre,…

Josh Lewis

ARETHA TAKE ME UP! I watched this in the plane on the way to Seattle, Paige asleep on my shoulder, just crying at the sound of this woman’s voice and the power of her presence. She walks up to stage like a classical pianist, no big “hey I’m at Aretha Franklin, thanks for…

Ethan Colburn

Lord have mercy... Sunday Worship as God intended. If Aretha's voice - and this document that preserves it in a feverish, sweat-inducing amber - isn't one of the single greatest proofs of the power of music, reaching out across decades, generations even, and the affect…

Leighton Trent

Action! - Lumet/Pollack: The Fight of the Century It's a funny and curious thing about Pollack's latest film, although he's uncredited for some reason. Funny and interesting since, in his previous and proper latest film, a documentary, he quips about never having done a…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

At the moment when, about two thirds of the way through Amazing Grace (the song), Reverend James Cleveland stands up from his piano, shuffles over to the front row of seats, pulls a handkerchief from his pocket and then openly weeps into it, I absolutely felt that.

David Jenkins

One of the best concert docs ever made.

Cameron Kanachki

I got nothing constructive to say about this, it's a great record and this is a great show.

matt lynch

knocked me right off my feet. what else is there to say!!!

karen h.

don’t have to be religious to go to church with aretha.

Danzel Vaughn