Review: Aretha Franklin documentary 'Amazing Grace' invites you to experience church and come alive
By Lori Johnston April 25 at 6:00 AM Standing at a spot often reserved for male pastors, Aretha Franklin delivers her own kind of sermon in the decades-in-the-making concert film “Amazing Grace.”
Many times in movies or television shows, Whittley says the black church is presented in different ways, whether it’s a comedy or drama, that sometimes are overly dramatic or isn’t true to form. When people in the audience raised their hands, a physical demonstration of praise to God, during Franklin’s performances, so did a woman up front in our screening, which at 87 minutes is about the typical length of my church’s Sunday service.
Wesley Morris of the New York Times writes that the film offers “some of the mightiest singing she’s ever laid on you.” Just last week, she received a 2019 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. I’ve attended other concerts on Easter weekend, including waiting out storms one year to join several thousand people at a Good Friday outdoor service in Atlanta’s suburbs with music led by Chris Tomlin and a message by the Pastor Louie Giglio of Passion City Church. I’ve also sung and played the piano for Easter services.
At one point, Cleveland moves to an empty row, head bowed in his handkerchief. Later, in a release of emotion, he throws a balled-up towel toward the piano and Franklin, hitting the camera. It captures the uncontrollable reactions sometimes experienced in church, but years later also provides a light, humorous touch in the film.
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