{"id":27886,"date":"2024-08-02T05:30:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27886"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:51:03","slug":"preview-amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/preview-amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Amazing Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27781\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amazing_grace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amazing_grace.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amazing_grace-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>An award-winning documentary capturing one of music\u2019s greatest singers at the peak of her powers is the selection for the next installment in the Music Movie Mondays series at Grail Movie House, hosted by Asheville author and music journalist Bill Kopp (that&#8217;s me!). <em>Amazing Grace<\/em> screens one night only: Monday, August 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest soul and gospel singers in history; <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> named her as the greatest singer of all time. After a stunning run of albums in the 1960s, she recorded her fourth live album, <em>Amazing Grace<\/em>, in 1972. That record made it to the Top 10 on the mainstream album charts, and would become the biggest-selling live gospel album in history.<\/p>\n<p>The making of that album was filmed, and plans called for a motion picture to be released in 1972. But technical problems with the film caused the project to be shelved. 35 years later, the tech issues were solved and the film was set for release. But legal issues caused its release to yet again be canceled. Finally, after Franklin\u2019s passing in 2018, matters were settled and the <em>Amazing Grace<\/em> documentary was finally released worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><em>Amazing Grace<\/em> is a powerful documentary that displays the depth and breadth of Aretha Franklin\u2019s artistry. The film received widespread critical acclaim and multiple award nominations.<\/p>\n<p>A special August 12 screening as part of the Music Movie Mondays series at Grail Movie House will be hosted by Asheville author and music journalist Bill Kopp. For one night only \u2013 Monday, August 12 @ 7 pm \u2013 Music Movie Mondays will present <em>Amazing Grace<\/em>. The program will feature a brief introduction. Then we\u2019ll watch the film together; afterward, we\u2019ll engage in a moderated discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The one-night-only screening of <em>Amazing Grace<\/em> is the latest in the ongoing popular series of Music Movie Mondays at Grail Moviehouse. Every month, we\u2019ll watch and discuss new releases, classics and cult favorites. Music Movie Monday is proudly sponsored by AshevilleFM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: Music Movie Mondays Series: <em>Amazing Grace<\/em><br \/>\nSpecial screening + moderated discussion hosted by Bill Kopp<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>: Grail Moviehouse, 17 Foundy Street, Asheville<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Monday, August 12 @ 7 p.m. \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketing.uswest.veezi.com\/sessions\/?siteToken=qky6fmcdpgsx40jbxb4194ae9g\">Tickets are $15<\/a> and likely to sell out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An award-winning documentary capturing one of music\u2019s greatest singers at the peak of her powers is the selection for the next installment in the Music Movie Mondays series at Grail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[5469,5470,5243],"class_list":["post-27886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-amazing-grace","tag-aretha-franklin","tag-music-movie-monday","cat-29-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27887,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27886\/revisions\/27887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}