Aretha Franklin's "Amazing Grace" documentary set for early 2019 release.
Back in 1972, Aretha Franklin went to Los Angeles to create what ended up becoming her best selling, double-platinum album which debuted her iconic music career. This took place in Watts at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in front of a live audience over two nights. The recording of which resulted into later becoming one of Aretha's greatest troubles. The footage was recorded back in 1972 by Warner Brothers, Inc. as Franklin was recording her first album "Amazing Grace". In spite of this, no movie was ever released due to unknown reasons becoming one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries. A few years later, Alan Elliott, an Atlantic Records employee discovered the footage and he put all his detective skills to work so to salvage the film. It was discovered that the initial director, Sydney Pollack, never got to combine the audio with the footage. Elliott had to mortgage his house several times in order to be able to purchase t...