The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes99%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan ElliottDirector
- Sydney PollackDirector
Cast
- Aretha FranklinSelf (archive footage)
- James ClevelandSelf (archive footage)
- C.L. FranklinSelf (archive footage)
- Bernard "Pretty" PurdieSelf (archive footage)
- Chuck RaineySelf (archive footage)
- Clara WardSelf (archive footage)
- Mick JaggerSelf (archive footage)
- Sydney PollackSelf - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Charlie WattsSelf (archive footage)
- Alexander HamiltonSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
live performanceconcert filmgospel music