Plot
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.
Cast
Aretha Franklin
Self (archive footage)
James Cleveland
Self (archive footage)
C.L. Franklin
Self (archive footage)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
Self (archive footage)
Chuck Rainey
Self (archive footage)
Clara Ward
Self (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Watts
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Hamilton
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Alan Elliott
Producer
Tirrell D. Whittley
Producer
Alan Elliott
Director
Joe Boyd
Producer
Rob Johnson
Producer
Chiemi Karasawa
Producer
Spike Lee
Producer
Sabrina V. Owens
Producer
Angie Seegers
Producer
Joseph Woolf
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Director
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