Movie night with Iris.
Amazing Grace is as uplifting a documentary as you will see all year. It's a concert movie filmed over two nights, featuring Aretha Franklin in her pomp, with a backing choir and enthusiastic congregation.
The framing isn't always elegant, but you feel as though you are in the middle of the church. Aretha doesn't talk much, and my frustration is the lack of any backstage narrative. All that matters, they've clearly decided, is the music.
Amazing Grace is as uplifting a documentary as you will see all year. It's a concert movie filmed over two nights, featuring Aretha Franklin in her pomp, with a backing choir and enthusiastic congregation.
The framing isn't always elegant, but you feel as though you are in the middle of the church. Aretha doesn't talk much, and my frustration is the lack of any backstage narrative. All that matters, they've clearly decided, is the music.