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DESCRIPTION:\n	Screening followed by conversation with Rob Johnson\, one of
  the producers of the film\, and Warrington Hudlin about black musical gen
 ius\, particularly in the music incubated in Detroit&nbsp\;&nbsp\; \n\n\n	
 For the fifth consecutive year\, Museum of the Moving Image partners with 
 the Black Filmmaker Foundation (BFF) to celebrate Black History Month. Thi
 s screening and discussion was organized by Warrington Hudlin in his dual 
 capacity as Vice Chairman of the Museum and President of the Black Filmmak
 er Foundation.&nbsp\; \n\n\n	Amazing Grace\n	\n	View trailer.&nbsp\; &nbsp
 \;\n	\n	 Dir. Sydney Pollack. 2018\, 87 mins. DCP. Produced by Joe Boyd\, 
 Aretha Franklin\, Alan Elliott\, Rob Johnson\, Sabrina V. Owens\, Angie Se
 egers\, Tirrell D. Whittley\, and Joseph Woolf under the banner of Al's Re
 cords And Tapes\, in association with&nbsp\;Time\, 40 Acres and a Mule\, R
 ampant\, and Sundial Pictures.&nbsp\; \n\n\n	Featuring Aretha Franklin\, J
 ames Cleveland\, C. L. Franklin\, Bernard Purdie\, Chuck Rainey\, Clara Wa
 rd\, with cameos by Mick Jagger\, Sydney Pollack\, and Charlie Watts.&nbsp
 \; \n	\n\n\n	Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace looms large in the annals of 
 the recording industry\, having sold over 2 million copies and set the all
 -time sales record for a gospel album. Recorded live over two days at the 
 New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972\, the performa
 nce found the Queen of Soul at the height of her rousing\, rapturous power
 s\, but the film that was to accompany the recording was never completed d
 ue to difficulties syncing the audio tracks with the visual print. In 2001
 \, producer Alan Elliott purchased the raw footage and using new technolog
 ies in sound editing created a pared-down 87-minute version with plans to 
 release it in 2011. However\, Franklin sued Elliott for appropriating her 
 likeness without permission and the release date passed. This occurred aga
 in in 2015\, when attempts to debut the film at the Telluride\, Toronto\, 
 and Chicago Film Festivals were blocked. After Franklin's death in 2018\, 
 her family made an arrangement to release the film\, which premiered at DO
 C NYC in 2018\, before being released worldwide in 2019\, and revealing a 
 movie as brilliant as the artist herself.&nbsp\;\n\n\n	About the guest spe
 aker: \n	\n	Rob Johnson is the President and co-founder of the Institute f
 or New Economic Thinking. He has been a financial investor as a managing d
 irector at Soros Fund Management\, Moore Capital Management\, and Bankers 
 Trust Company. Over the last 20 years he has worked in documentary film. I
 n addition to his role as a producer of the film Amazing Grace\, Johnson h
 as also been an executive producer of Alex Gibney's Oscar-winning document
 ary Taxi to the Dark Side. Johnson ran the music company Bottled Majic Mus
 ic between 1996 and 2006 and produced many Roots and Blues records while r
 einvigorating Rooster Blues Records that was originated by Blues scholar a
 nd icon Jim O’Neal. This work included the W.C. Handy Award–winning record
 ing “Freedom Creek” by Willie King\, the song “Terrorized” by Willie King\
 , and Ike Turner’s “Here and Now\,” which was nominated for a Grammy award
  in 2001. He is currently working on the audio recording and film of the t
 heater production “Caged” that tells the tale of prison life from prisoner
 s who have experienced the “inside” realities of that devastating element 
 of our society. \n\n\n	Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $9 youth (
 ages 3–17) / free or discounted for Museum members. Order tickets online. 
 (Members may contact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding onlin
 e reservations.) \n	\n	\n	View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For mor
 e information on membership and to join online\, visit our membership page
 . \n	\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater
SUMMARY:Amazing Grace
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