Saturday 5th October - Amazing Grace (Alan Elliot, & Sydney Pollock, 2018, Cert U, 89mins) + pre-film entertainment from X7eaven Productions
During Black History Month, Amazing Grace continues our series of screenings with this never before seen documentary of Aretha Franklin recording a live concert album.
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
“Amazing Grace” is two days of Baptist church condensed to 90 minutes and injected directly into your soul. Shot in 1972 over a 48-hour period in Watts’ New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, this stirring document captured the live recording of the most successful gospel album in history, Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace. At the height of her powers, with 11 number one singles and five Grammys to her credit, she returned to the environment and the music that honed her voice and nurtured her soul. The result became her biggest seller, earning a Grammy and quite possibly more than a few conversions. This film is a powerful love letter to the Black Church, offering a soul-shaking introduction for the unfamiliar and a grandmotherly yank of the arm for those who know—it drags you from the theater straight into the pews.
Venue: Inside Waltham Forest Town Hall, Fellowship Square, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JF
Refreshments: snacks and alcoholic/non alcoholic drinks will be available.
Doors: Open 6pm, X7eaven Productions 6.30pm, Film 7.15pm, Close 9pm
Tickets: Full Price Ticket £12, Concessionary Price Ticket £8 (Over 65s, Unions, Students, Job Seekers, Under 18s)
The BIG PICTURE with STOW FILM LOUNGE
Bringing communities together in film
During Black History Month, Amazing Grace continues our series of screenings with this never before seen documentary of Aretha Franklin recording a live concert album.
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
“Amazing Grace” is two days of Baptist church condensed to 90 minutes and injected directly into your soul. Shot in 1972 over a 48-hour period in Watts’ New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, this stirring document captured the live recording of the most successful gospel album in history, Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace. At the height of her powers, with 11 number one singles and five Grammys to her credit, she returned to the environment and the music that honed her voice and nurtured her soul. The result became her biggest seller, earning a Grammy and quite possibly more than a few conversions. This film is a powerful love letter to the Black Church, offering a soul-shaking introduction for the unfamiliar and a grandmotherly yank of the arm for those who know—it drags you from the theater straight into the pews.
Venue: Inside Waltham Forest Town Hall, Fellowship Square, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JF
Refreshments: snacks and alcoholic/non alcoholic drinks will be available.
Doors: Open 6pm, X7eaven Productions 6.30pm, Film 7.15pm, Close 9pm
Tickets: Full Price Ticket £12, Concessionary Price Ticket £8 (Over 65s, Unions, Students, Job Seekers, Under 18s)
The BIG PICTURE with STOW FILM LOUNGE
Bringing communities together in film
During Black History Month, Amazing Grace continues our series of screenings with this never before seen documentary of Aretha Franklin recording a live concert album.
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
“Amazing Grace” is two days of Baptist church condensed to 90 minutes and injected directly into your soul. Shot in 1972 over a 48-hour period in Watts’ New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, this stirring document captured the live recording of the most successful gospel album in history, Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace. At the height of her powers, with 11 number one singles and five Grammys to her credit, she returned to the environment and the music that honed her voice and nurtured her soul. The result became her biggest seller, earning a Grammy and quite possibly more than a few conversions. This film is a powerful love letter to the Black Church, offering a soul-shaking introduction for the unfamiliar and a grandmotherly yank of the arm for those who know—it drags you from the theater straight into the pews.
Venue: Inside Waltham Forest Town Hall, Fellowship Square, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JF
Refreshments: snacks and alcoholic/non alcoholic drinks will be available.
Doors: Open 6pm, X7eaven Productions 6.30pm, Film 7.15pm, Close 9pm
Tickets: Full Price Ticket £12, Concessionary Price Ticket £8 (Over 65s, Unions, Students, Job Seekers, Under 18s)
The BIG PICTURE with STOW FILM LOUNGE
Bringing communities together in film
Concessionary tickets are for Over 65s, students & jobseekers